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title: "Today's Nuclear Missile test Cancelled"
date: 2012-03-01T21:31:10Z
modified: 2014-10-12T22:39:55Z
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  - War
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  - War
  - Air Force
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  - missile test
  - nuclear
author: Paul Garrett Hugel
timestamp: 2014-10-12T22:39:55Z
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More than 7,000 NAPF Action Alert Network members like you sent messages to President Obama demanding the cancellation of tomorrow’s nuclear missile test on the 58th anniversary of the largest-ever US atmospheric nuclear test, Castle Bravo.**The Air Force has now announced that the missile test will not occur today!**

As you might suspect, the military is not crediting activist pressure for the cancellation of the launch; rather, they cite technical reasons.

**This is the second time in less than six months that the Air Force has canceled a nuclear missile test after pressure from NAPF Action Alert Network members**. The first time was on September 21, 2011, when they had scheduled a test on the International Day of Peace.

This is certainly a small victory, but **there remains much more to be done**. The United States keeps 450 Minuteman III missiles, which carry nuclear warheads, on high-alert status, ready to be fired within moments of an order. These are first-strike weapons and should be removed from the US arsenal immediately.

**We will not rest until the world achieves a Nuclear Weapons Convention for the phased, verifiable, irreversible and transparent elimination of all nuclear weapons**. We hope that you will continue to support the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation in pursuing this essential goal.

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