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　　The planned Minuteman 3 missile test at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California will be delayed until sometime next month, so to avoid exacerbating¹ the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, a senior U.S. defense² official was quoted as saying.

　　The official described the decision as "the logical, prudent³ and responsible course of action to take," after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) threatened to attack the U.S. with "smaller, lighter⁴ and diversified⁵" nuclear weapons in reaction to the recent U.S.-South Korean military exercises.

　　Following the nuclear test by the DPRK in February, the U.S. responded with economic sanctions and a recent show of force of sending nuclear-cable stealth B-2 bombers⁶ and F-22 fighters to participate in the military exercises with South Korea.

　　The DPRK reacted by cutting off military hotlines with South Korea, declaring a state of war, and threatening to launch a nuclear attack on the U.S. targets.

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