Republicans Lambasted

Republicans lambasted for allowing to dictate U.S.
readiness after the Pentagon canceled its nuclear missile testing, which they claim is a 'hollow gesture' that shows weakness on the world stage. 
'Disappointing @SecDef decision to cancel routine unarmed reliability test of Minuteman III in the face of Russian bluster,' Senator Jim Inhofe tweeted Wednesday.
'Test is critical to ensure our nuke deterrent stays effective,' the senator added.

'Deterrence means projecting strength & resolve - not sacrificing readiness for hollow gestures.'
Republican members of the House Armed Service Committee are also not pleased with delaying the nuclear exercise in the midst of war in Ukraine after Russia attacked last week against western warnings.
'The Biden admin is willing to sacrifice our own readiness in the name of 'not being escalatory, the panel's GOP Twitter posted Wednesday.

'It's reportedly the same reason a hypersonic missile test was postponed over the summer.'
'We cannot let Putin dictate our readiness,' added the group, which is led by Ranking Member and Alabama Republican Representative Mike Rogers.
Defense Department Spokesperson John Kirby announced Wednesday the Pentagon will delay testing of its intercontinental Minuteman III ballistic missiles scheduled for this weekend.
He claimed the move was to avoid angering Putin as he continued shelling Ukrainian cities and civilian and military casualties continued to climb.
Kirby also described the change of plans as a show of 'restraint' after the Russian leader put his country's nuclear forces on high alert and amid warnings from the U.S.

he is deploying vacuum bombs and cluster munitions across the border.
'This is not a step backwards in our readiness,' he assured during his press briefing Wednesday announcing the testing of the $7,000,000 intercontinental Minuteman III ballistic missiles - that can travel up to 6,000 miles at 15,000 mph - would be scrapped at Vandenberg Air Force Base in southern California.
Republicans lashed out at Biden's administration for delaying nuclear missile testing in what appeared to be an appeasement of Russian President Vladimir Putin after he put his country's nuclear forces on high alert.

Pictured: An aerial view shows a residential building destroyed by Russian shelling in the settlement of Borodyanka in Kyiv, Ukraine on March 3, 2022
The Pentagon was meant to do a testing this weekend of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (pictured)
Senator Jim Imhofe said the move was 'sacrificing U.S.

readiness for hallow gestures' while the House Armed Services Committee GOP Twitter said the Biden administration is 'willing to sacrifice out own readiness' to not anger Russia
MARIUPOL: An elderly woman laying in a pool of blood inside her apartment in Mariupol is rescued by paramedics after being injured during shelling of the city
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Kherson, a city of 300,000 on the Black Sea, appears to have fallen under Russian control after the mayor said 'armed visitors' had taken over a council meeting and imposed curfews.

If Putin's men are in full control then it opens up the city of Odessa, senior mobile home community near me, https://lexington-ky-near-me.blogspot.com/, to Ukraine's main naval port, to attack - with amphibious assault ships seen forming up near Crimea today 
Kirby said the U.S. has not followed Putin in putting its nuclear forces on heightened alert in a briefing conducted as a missile struck near Kyiv's southern main rail station - where thousands of women and children were being evacuated. 
The scrapping of the test flight is the first show of restraint from the U.S.

after hitting Putin with a slew of sanctions as the world continued pushing him into international exile. 
Countries from across the world lined up against Russia at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to overwhelmingly pass a resolution that rebuked Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine and demanded the withdrawal of Russian forces.
The delay of missile testing comes after the U.S.

Air Force flexed its military muscles Tuesday at one of its airbases in Japan, showcasing a fleet of more than two dozen warplanes in an apparent effort to deter Chinese forces from invading the self-governing island of Taiwan.
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