U.S. Delays Weekend ICBM Test Amid Russian Tensions

Brian Everstine March 02, 2022
Minuteman III launch
Credit: U.S. Air Force
Days after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his nuclear forces to be on a special alert, the Pentagon announced it has postponed a test of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from this coming weekend to try to lower tensions. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the delay...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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