Trump Administration Cancels Nuclear Arms Treaty with Russia

February 8, 2019 in News, Video by RBN

 

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the Trump administration is pulling the plug on the decades-old Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, claiming that Moscow “shamelessly” violated the 1987 agreement that restricts missiles with a range between 500 to 5,500 kilometers. Russia says the US invented that fiction so it could have an excuse to clear the way to develop new missiles. -GEG