Tag: INF
US Puts Cold War-Era INF Treaty on Chopping Block – A Closer Look 31 Years Later
World15:48 08.12.2018(updated 15:51 08.12.2018) On December 8 1987, the USSR and the United States sealed the first deal of its kind to reduce nuclear...
Lavrov: US Wants Russia to Ban Missile That Was Tested Within INF Framework
World13:16 07.12.2018(updated 14:29 07.12.2018) The Russian foreign minister has commented on the demand from US Undersecretary for Arms Control Andrea Thompson, which requires that...
What Is the Mysterious 9М729 Missile the US Wants Russia To Ban
Little is known about the 9М729 (NATO reporting name SSC-8) missile, which, as the US claims, violates the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Its...
Russia Allegedly Sends Sub to Kerch Strait as Tensions With Ukraine Soar (PHOTO)
Russia14:40 07.12.2018A Twitter user claims a Russian submarine has been spotted leaving the port city of Sevastopol just days after three Ukrainian warships violated...
Russia will build missiles if US leaves treaty, Putin warns
Russia will develop missiles banned under a Cold War agreement if the US exits the...
NATO Manipulates Facts to Disguise US Withdrawal From INF – Kremlin
World12:36 05.12.2018(updated 14:05 05.12.2018) On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Washington will suspend its compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces...
US to Lead ‘Restoration of Liberal Order Among Nations’ – Pompeo
World13:07 04.12.2018(updated 13:58 04.12.2018) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has stated that when treaties are broken, the violators must be "confronted, and the...
Nato accuses Russia of breaking nuclear missile treaty
Western military alliance Nato has formally accused Russia of breaching the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces...
Tank Race at -20Cº: Uralvagonzavod Pays Homage to Its Eminent Tank Inventor
Russia18:04 03.12.2018(updated 21:57 03.12.2018) On Egypt Defense Expo (EDEX-2018) opening day, one of its participants, the Russian tank manufacturer Uralvagonzavod, celebrates the 120th birthday...
Germany ‘Convinced’ by US Claims About Russian Violations of INF Treaty – Report
Europe20:45 30.11.2018Earlier, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged the US "not to recklessly abandon" the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a landmark arms control treaty...
US Will Address INF Treaty Withdrawal at NATO Summit – Reports
US04:54 28.11.2018(updated 07:24 28.11.2018) Senior US officials will brief NATO allies on plans to withdraw from a bilateral nuclear arms control treaty with Russia.US...
No to US Missiles: ‘Germany Must Not Become Venue of Nuclear War Games’ – MP
World13:06 20.11.2018The German Foreign Ministry previously made it clear that the country advocated for the preservation of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty...
UK Gov’t Opens Parliamentary Inquiry Into US Withdrawal From INF Treaty
Europe16:54 15.11.2018The UK Defence Committee has launched an inquiry on Thursday on the consequences of US President Donald Trump's potentially unilateral withdrawal from the...
Le Pen Faults Macron for ‘Empire’ Ambitions as He Calls for Single European Army
Europe12:10 08.11.2018(updated 13:08 08.11.2018) Earlier this week, Emmanuel Macron voiced plans to build a single European army to boost the EU's defence capability as...
WATCH US Test Intercept of Missile Banned by INF Before Formally Exiting Treaty
Tech15:15 02.11.2018(updated 15:16 02.11.2018) A target missile, a Standard Missile-45, was launched from a Hawaiian facility in late October, just after Donald Trump pledged...