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us withdraws from cold-war era nuclear treaty with russia

U.S had threatened six months prior to Friday withdrawal that it would pull out of INF if Russia did not begin to follow the strictures of the treaty.. ... INF treaty was signed in 1987 in White House when President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Mikhail Gorbachev sat..

this week at state: august 2, 2019

In a statement on August 2, Secretary Pompeo said, “On February 2, 2019, the United States provided its six-month notice of withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty due to the Russian Federation’s continuing violation of the treaty.” . ..

epochal us-russia nuclear arms treaty dies

The deadline set for Russia to come into compliance with the treaty ran out Friday because, Russia has failed to destroy host of ground-launched, intermediate-range cruise missiles, weapons that U.S has alleged have the ability to strike targets far outside the range agreed upon in the treaty. ..

landmark us-russia arms control treaty is dead

Over its lifetime, the 1987 so-called INF treaty led to the elimination of 2,692 US and Soviet Union nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles. ... Former Dan Coats, however, told Congress late last year that intelligence officials was Russia that no longer..

spotlight: inf treaty comes to end after official

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on the day that United States from INF Treaty due to Russia's continuing violation of it... INF Treaty was signed in 1987 between Soviet Union and United States on the elimination of ground-based intermediate-range and shorter-range..

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