It wrecked anti-proliferation arms control by abandoning the INF Treaty, and threatened to kill it altogether by walking away from New START on expiration in February 2021 if still in power. . ..…

real threats to Russia with the US from INF Treaty will be counteracted by our existing means... ... US tests of INF Treaty-banned missiles began mid- August on San Nicolas Island, California, Trump department announced, more surely coming unrestrained.. ..…

The impact of the latest round of sanctions has gone beyond its original economic intent at time when INF Treaty has just been abrogated the world arms system has been shaken Russia and United States have stepped up the deployment of advanced weapons.. ..…

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, signed by Soviet Union and United States December 1987, took effect June 1988. On August, Washington formally withdrew from INF Treaty and Russian Foreign Ministry, in turn, confirmed that the Treaty had been terminated at United States..…