The US is conducting missile tests, creating a huge risk of military escalation
The United States has created a huge risk of military escalation by testing Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles, writes the Daily Express. Readers of the publication are concerned that such a "dangerous type" as Biden disposes of a nuclear button.
Ellie Cook
The US military confirmed that it conducted routine tests of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles without a warhead. The Pentagon has postponed ICBM launches twice this year, saying that this is "an example of responsible behavior by a nuclear power."
For the first time, the tests were postponed due to the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, and for the second time due to the escalation of tensions around Taiwan.
In March, military spokesman John Kirby said that the international community considers Putin's actions in Ukraine "dangerous and irresponsible," but Washington does not want his tests to be "misinterpreted."
"In an attempt to show that we have no intentions to carry out actions that may be misunderstood and misinterpreted, the Minister of Defense has given instructions to postpone the test launches of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile scheduled for this week," Kirby said.
"This decision was not easy for us, but we want to demonstrate that we are a responsible nuclear power," he added.
The tests were postponed to the beginning of August. They coincided with the scandalous visit of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.
Prior to the test, Kirby stated that the missiles would be launched at some point in the near future. He repeated that this decision proves that the United States is a "responsible nuclear power."
"While China is conducting destabilizing military exercises around Taiwan, the United States is demonstrating the behavior of a responsible nuclear power, reducing the risks of miscalculations and incorrect assessments," Kirby said.
"We believe that it is not in our interests, not in the interests of Taiwan, not in the interests of the region if the escalation of tension continues. That is why the Minuteman III ICBM tests scheduled for this week have been postponed to the near future," he continued.
At the same time, the Russian Defense Minister said that the Kremlin does not intend to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Speaking at an international security conference in Moscow, Sergei Shoigu said that the NATO nuclear alliance had expanded its presence in Central and Eastern Europe "several times". He added that in such a situation it is "not easy" to conclude nuclear arms control agreements with the United States.
This month, Putin said that in the event of an escalation of a nuclear war, there can be no winners on either side.
In his speech, he stressed: "We proceed from the fact that there can be no winners in a nuclear war, and it should never be unleashed, and we stand for equal and indivisible security for all members of the world community."
Such a statement seems to be a dramatic reversal after the nuclear threats made by the Kremlin at the initial stage of the military operation.
Shortly after the Russian troops entered Ukraine, Putin warned the world community that any intervention "will lead to consequences such as you have not faced in your entire history."
Many interpreted this as an allusion to the Russian nuclear arsenal, which has been put on high alert.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also called the possibility of a nuclear war "serious" and "real." And President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, a staunch ally of Putin, warned that if the escalation continues, a "nuclear abyss" awaits us.
Readers' comments:
Whovotedschwab
Biden is a warmonger and a dangerous type! A person of limited mental abilities should not be allowed anywhere near this kind of escalation.
Harrytickerfromwellow
I think to become a politician, first of all you need to get a certificate of insanity.
Boyak
So, we have an 80-year-old senile with his finger on the nuclear button. Remember: the orange man is bad, everything will be fine with us.
Made in Britain
It's scary to think that this vegetable in the role of commander-in-chief disposes of the nuclear button.
Parralaxview
Today I read in the press: "Billions will die of hunger in the event of a nuclear war."
Most of us have already figured it out. Meanwhile, we have an elderly patient on the verge of mental retardation and his communist henchwoman (maybe she is his nurse) escalating an already extremely dangerous and difficult situation. Even if this is just deliberate posing, then for the so-called leader of the free world this is utter vulgarity and stupidity.
Personally, I am tired of listening to the mainstream media brainwash an obedient and amazingly trusting society, telling about the virtues of Ukraine. I don't give a damn about Russia, holy Ukraine and their internecine strife. I see how clowns masquerading as politicians blindly go to total destruction and lead to the death of my family and those around us.
Surreybeachhead
The world is on fire. God. But at least we won't pay taxes anymore.
Leaver
If we get to this point, the EU will be to blame with its expansion up to the Russian borders. His attempts to get Ukraine were the last straw for Putin.
7474
As usual, the conditions are determined by inciting US military hysteria. For example, when they launch a reconnaissance satellite, it is responsible. And when Russia launches its own tracking satellite, it is irresponsible.
Donnumnum
The midterm elections are getting closer, so a desperate Biden, along with the Democrats, is trying to distract the attention of the American people from their futile efforts to join some kind of miraculous war or even unleash it. Well done, Biden. The sooner you leave, the better.
