In any case, he added, a bilateral treaty no longer met today’s realities because unlike in the Cold War, multiple states are now developing intermediate-range nuclear missiles. Those states, he said, include China and North Korea. . “The next step is consultations with our friends in..…
After tearing into the INF, the president appeared to leave the door open for a replacement treaty with Russia and China. . “We’ll have to develop those [short, intermediate-range] weapons, unless Russia comes to us and China comes to us and they all come to us and say,..…
The United States doesn’t need ground-launched intermediate-range missiles to deal with China. ... You know, China has most of its arsenal on ground-launched missiles with a medium or intermediate range. ..…
Bolton argued that the INF had become obsolete because it constrained only Washington and Moscow, just as other nations, including China, Iran and North Korea, remained free to develop intermediate-range missiles. ..…
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