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- US preparing to sink Obama-signed nuke control treaty with complaints about Russian missile – Lavrov
The US may be preparing to torpedo the New START deal with Russia, which limits the number of nuclear weapons each country can have, in its latest escalation over a Russian missile “violating” the INF arms treaty, Moscow says.World News - US demands Russia ‘end or modify’ missile it doesn’t like to save INF treaty
Washington is demanding that Moscow scrap or modify a missile dubbed “non-compliant” with the landmark INF nuclear arms treaty by US intelligence. Russia has repeatedly said the missile falls well within the range allowed.USA News - Russia has ‘60 days to fix compliance with INF’ or US will quit – Pompeo
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that Washington will suspend its obligations under the 1987 INF nuclear treaty within 60 days if Russia does not “return to compliance.”World News - Top senators slam Trump’s INF treaty pullout, call it ‘gift to Russia’
A trio of top Senators criticized Donald Trump’s decision to walk away from the 1987 INF treaty, saying the move, which lacks “strategic forethought,” would spell the end of other arms control treaties.USA News - Senators propose change of doctrine so Russia could respond with nukes to any ‘strategic strike’
Russia should be allowed to use its nuclear arsenal in response to a non-nuclear strike with a strategic weapon, Russian senators believe. Their recommendation is to amend Russia’s nuclear posture accordingly.Russia News - Russia won’t be dragged into new arms race, but will respond to US withdrawal from INF – Putin
Moscow will not leave Washington’s decision to unilaterally withdraw from the landmark nuclear arms treaty unanswered, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, adding that the country doesn’t need to join another arms race.World News
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