The Biden administration postponed a routine test launch of an Air Force Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to avoid escalating tensions with Beijing amid China’s show of force near Taiwan, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

U.S. officials did not say how long the delay might last, but one said it might last 10 days, the report added.

The Air Force had planned on conducting the test launch from the Vandenberg Air Force based in California.

The test is usually conducted a few times a year to test the ICBM’s reliability.

“This is a long-planned test but it is being postponed to remove any misunderstandings given the PRC’s [People’s Republic of China] actions around Taiwan,” a defense official told Wall Street Journal.