The U.S. Air Force demonstrated the nation's nuclear readiness by launching an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California early Wednesday morning.

The American military conducted a new test firing of the LGM-30G Minuteman III missile, says it was routine and not in response to current world events

The U.S. launched a Minuteman III missile in a warning to Vladimir Putin as part of routine military testing as tensions threaten to explode in Eastern Europe