U.S. To Accelerate Its Development Of New Cruise And Ballistic Missile Systems After Leaving the INF Treaty

Times of Israel/AFP: US to accelerate missile program after ending weapons pact with Russia

Washington accuses Moscow of ‘sustained and repeated’ violations of nuclear treaty after withdrawing from agreement

WASHINGTON — The United States is set to accelerate its development of new cruise and ballistic missile systems following its withdrawal from a nuclear treaty with Russia, the Pentagon said on Friday.

Accusing Russia of “sustained and repeated violations” of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the US had already begun work to develop “mobile, conventional, ground-launched cruise and ballistic missile systems.”

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