Did Russia Violate The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty?

RS-24 Yars ballistic missiles. © Photo Defense Ministry press service

U.S. Knew Russia Violated Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty -- Josh Rogin, The Daily Beast

The Kremlin cheated on a nuclear pact it signed with the United States, the U.S. government believes—and Secretary Kerry was briefed on the violations almost a year ago.

Congressional leaders are acting to force the Obama administration to confront Russia on its violations of a nuclear treaty that U.S. officials have acknowledged since 2012.

On November 27 of that year, two top Obama administration officials held a closed-door hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Sen. John Kerry, who only months later would become President Obama’s secretary of state. Inside the top-secret hearing, acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs Madelyn Creedon told lawmakers that Russia had violated the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), according to two U.S. officials who attended the classified meeting.

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Update #1: U.S.: Russia Repeatedly Cheating on Nuclear Missile Treaty -- Global Security Newswire/Defense One
Update #2: US Knew Russia Violated Nuclear Treaty – Report -- RIA Novosti

My Comment: This is old news .... we covered this story 5 months ago .... and yes .... the Russians are violating this agreement. But in this White House the priority is to have a new deal with the Russians on nuclear weapons .... and ignore the fact that the last deal was broken/ignored by them.