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President Donald Trump said Saturday he will pull the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty because Russia has violated the agreement, but he provided no details on the violations. The 1987 pact, which helps protect the security of the U.S. and its allies in Europe and the Far East, prohibits the United States and Russia from possessing, producing or test-flying a ground-launched cruise missile with a range of 300 to 3,400 miles. “Russia has violated the agreement. They have been violating it for many years,” Trump said after a rally in Elko, Nevada. “And we’re not going to...

N. Korea Has Deployed Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles The Defense Ministry has officially confirmed for the first time that North Korea has in fact been deploying new intermediate range ballistic missiles, with ranges of 3,000~4,000km -- far longer than those of the Rodong 1 missiles that go 1,300km. Defense Minister Cho Young-gil said before the National Assembly on Wednesday that the North produces and deploys new intermediate ballistic missiles, and continues missile development like engine experiments. An official at the Defense Ministry said that the new intermediate ballistic missiles have ranges of 3,000 to 4,000km, but the official declined to...