US President Donald Trump had claimed during an interview that China, Russia, Pakistan and North Korea have been doing nuclear tests and the United States should also conduct a similar one. After his statement, the US Air Force tested an unarmed nuclear-capable long-range missile, according to the Air Force Global Strike Command. The missile is capable of carrying three nuclear missiles to other continents.

The unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, equipped with a test re-entry vehicle, was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and travelled 4,200 miles to a test range near the Marshall Islands.

The US Air Force said in a statement, “This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the United States’ nuclear dete

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