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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Wed Feb 15, 2017, 05:54 AM Feb 2017

Russia deploying missiles outlawed under 1987-treaty. Let's see how Trump handles this.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/world/europe/russia-cruise-missile-arms-control-treaty.html?_r=0

WASHINGTON — Russia has secretly deployed a new cruise missile that American officials say violates a landmark arms control treaty, posing a major test for President Trump as his administration is facing a crisis over its ties to Moscow.

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The ground-launched cruise missile at the center of American concerns is one that the Obama administration said in 2014 had been tested in violation of a 1987 treaty that bans American and Russian intermediate-range missiles based on land.

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The missile program has been a major concern for the Pentagon, which has developed options for how to respond, including deploying additional missile defenses in Europe or developing air-based or sea-based cruise missiles.




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Let's see how the tough guy in the White House gets tough on Russia openly breaking an arms-treaty.
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Russia deploying missiles outlawed under 1987-treaty. Let's see how Trump handles this. (Original Post) DetlefK Feb 2017 OP
So far get the red out Feb 2017 #1
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