US cancels Minuteman 3 missile test to avoid escalation of nuclear tensions with Russia

　　China News Service, April 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said on April 1 local time that the U.S. military had called off a routine test launch of its Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.

Data map: The U.S. Air Force launches a Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

　　According to reports, previously on March 2, the U.S. military announced for the first time that it would postpone the test launch of the "Minuteman 3" to avoid an escalation of nuclear tensions with Russia.

　　Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said the test was canceled for the same reasons it was initially delayed.

The next test firing is planned for later this year.