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Pentagon delays ballistic missile test over Russia tensions

By Mike Brest
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Pentagon delays ballistic missile test over Russia tensions

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has decided to postpone a ballistic missile test scheduled for this week to avoid escalating tensions with Russia.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby made the announcement on Wednesday, days after Russian President Vladimir Putin upgraded the nuclear posture within his country and threatened any intervening country would face “such consequences that you have never encountered in your history.”

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