On 31 July 1991, the US President, George Bush (sitting on the left), and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev (sitting on the right), sign the START I Agreement for the mutual elimination of the two countries’ strategic nuclear weapons. Wikipedia
Russia Threatens To Quit START As US Deploys Aegis Destroyer To Spain -- RT
The US has deployed a ballistic missile defense destroyer to Spain to boost NATO’s anti-missile shield in Europe. The move, allegedly aimed at curbing the Iranian threat, has sparked talks about Russia possibly scrapping the START nuclear treaty.
The deployment of the Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook, equipped with the Aegis shipboard integrated combat weapons system, was announced by US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
“An important posture enhancement is European missile defense in response to ballistic missile threats from Iran,” Hagel said, adding that the US is committed “to deploying missile defense architecture there,” as a part of Phase 3 of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA).
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More News On Russian Threats To Quit The Nuclear Arms START Treaty
NATO, Russian Rhetoric Heats Up Over Missile Defense Moves -- National Journal/Global Security Newswire
Russia expresses concern over U.S. deployment of ships with ballistic missile defense capabilities to Spain -- Ground Report
Russia may quit START III after US deploys destroyer in Europe -- Voice of Russia
US Deploys Aegis Destroyer to Spain, Russia Threatens to Scrap START -- Al-Manar News
US provoking Russia to arms race, experts say -- Voice of Russia
My Comment: Russia is threatening to quit the START treaty .... and there is zero coverage in the U.S. media. Weird.
ReplyDeleteSTART Treaty is really a non-starter.
George W. Bush migrated the Nuclear Program to Mini-Nukes and other sophisticated forms of nuclear armaments and delivery devices that decidedly made the old conventional missiles OBSOLETE.
Russia should have quit START long ago when U.S. did. That they are still threatening to quit is a sign of serious weakness on the Russian Nuclear Program.