U.S. pulls out of Soviet-era nuclear missile pact with Russia

Reuters ^ | 08-02-19 | Steve Holland, Andrew Osborn

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WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States formally withdrew from a landmark nuclear missile pact with Russia on Friday after determining that Moscow was in violation of the treaty, something the Kremlin has repeatedly denied. Washington signalled it would pull out of the arms control treaty six months ago unless Moscow stuck to the accord. Russia called the move a ploy to exit a pact the United States wanted to leave anyway in order to develop new missiles. The 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) was negotiated by then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Nuke From Orbit]

A treaty is only as good as the parties involved. If one continuously breaches the agreement then it is not an agreement. I have often felt these were not enforceable and impossible to validate and more political theater.

[minnesota_bound]

Drop a nuke on the Kremlin :)
The russkies will think just another one of the nuclear accidents.

[NorseViking]

There would be interesting movement in Latin America related to it. Not necessarily by Russia.