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US delays missile test amid tensions with North Korea

: Apr 9, 2013 - : 12:08 am

Minuteman-3 A senior defense official confirms that the Pentagon has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test that was scheduled for next week. The official says Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel decided to storiespone the test because of ongoing tensions with North Korea. The test was "long planned and was never associated with North Korea to begin with," the official said, but added that "given recent tensions on the Korean Peninsula, it's prudent and wise to take steps that avoid any misperception or chance of manipulation, so the test has been storiesponed." The test was planned for next week at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It would have tested the Minuteman 3 ICBM missile. The U.S. will conduct another test soon, the senior defense official said, adding that the U.S. "remains strongly committed to our nuclear deterrence capabilities."

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