[Premium] US’s Withdrawal from INF Treaty – Is it the End of Arms Control?
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The United States President Donald Trump has recently announced that US will unilaterally pull out of 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty which was signed by the US and Russia during Cold War era for banning all ground-launch nuclear missiles with the range between 500 and 5500 km. However, US accuses Russia to have developed a new medium-range missile and it has also been concerned about China which is not a signatory to the INF treaty, producing medium-range missiles.
What is the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty?
- The INF treaty was signed in 1987 between the former US President Ronald Reagan
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