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NATO says it will act unless Russia destroys nuclear-ready missile

NATO says it will act unless Russia destroys nuclear-ready missile, CNBC, JUN 26 2019

KEY POINTS

  • NATO has said Russia’s SSC-8 missile violates terms of a 1987 missile treaty.
  • The U.S. says it will exit the treaty unless Russia stops their production.
  • But Russia has continued to develop and site the missiles within range of Europe.
  • NATO said Russia must destroy its short-range nuclear-ready cruise missile system, or the alliance will be forced to respond.

    The U.S. has previously said it will quit a decades-old missile treaty with Russia if the latter fails to destroy the missile, labeled the SSC-8 by NATO.

    The 1987 INF Treaty between the U.S. and Russia sought to eliminate nuclear and conventional missiles, as well as their launchers, with short ranges (310–620 miles) and intermediate ranges (620–3,420 miles).

    NATO has said the SSC-8 violates those terms and that Russia has been deploying the system at locations which could threaten countries across Europe.

    Speaking at a press conference in Brussels Tuesday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia had just five weeks to scrap the system and save the treaty…….. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/25/nato-says-russia-must-end-nuclear-ready-missile-ssc-program.html

July 1, 2019 - Posted by | EUROPE, politics international, Russia, USA, weapons and war

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