A Russian serviceman walks past Russian Iskander-M missile launchers before a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade at range in Moscow Thomson Reuters
Zero Hedge: Russia Signals Renewed Arms Race, Says Scrapping INF Would Force It To 'Restore Balance'
Now that President Trump has officially declared his intention to scrap the INF arms control treaty to remove constraints preventing the US from countering China's menacing military presence in the Western Pacific, as well as what many military officials see as an increasingly belligerent Russia, Russian officials have predictably responded by repudiating accusations that Russia had violated the treaty. One official warned that, by scrapping the treaty, the US could force Russia to "restore the balance", a veiled reference to developing even more dangerous weapons that would confirm fears that a modern "arms race" between the three global superpowers - the US, China and Russia - has already begun.
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WNU Editor: We are definitely entering a new era where even more deadlier weapons are going to be developed and deployed.
1 comment:
The USA was completely hamstrung in the Pacific by the INF and that was never expected when the INF was signed into US law.
China has developed hundreds of missiles that for the USA are prohibited by the INF. China currently deploys these to threaten all US bases out to Hawaii as well as mobile fleet units. The US is limited to zero ground based missiles to restore the balance due to the INF. All the US has is sub based slow moving cruise missiles or its strategic nuclear missiles. China is developing hypersonics as well which the USA can't do because of the treaty.
Treaty served its purpose but China's unprecedented military buildup made it untenable for the US.
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