Wakko
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So it's happening: Trump says the US will pull out of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty - CNNPolitics
Trump has said that US will terminate the INF treaty, which in 1987 removed IRBMs from Europe (US Perhing II and USSR's RSD-10). While I'm angry that this is happening, I get why US and Russia don't fight for the treaty harder - US mainland is not threatened by IRBMs with range under 5,000 km, and for Russia the treaty doesn't make much sense with Aegis Ashore blatantly violating it and without the inclusion of its other neighbours - Iran, China, Poland (for which MRBMs and IRBMs aren't out of question financially). Who I'm angry at is EU leadership, for not trying to preserve the treaty. It's Europe who benefits most from US and Russia's removal of MRBMs and IRBMs.
For reference, here's an article from 2007 about the start of the problems for INF Treaty: We will dump nuclear treaty, Putin warns | World news | The Guardian
Trump has said that US will terminate the INF treaty, which in 1987 removed IRBMs from Europe (US Perhing II and USSR's RSD-10). While I'm angry that this is happening, I get why US and Russia don't fight for the treaty harder - US mainland is not threatened by IRBMs with range under 5,000 km, and for Russia the treaty doesn't make much sense with Aegis Ashore blatantly violating it and without the inclusion of its other neighbours - Iran, China, Poland (for which MRBMs and IRBMs aren't out of question financially). Who I'm angry at is EU leadership, for not trying to preserve the treaty. It's Europe who benefits most from US and Russia's removal of MRBMs and IRBMs.
For reference, here's an article from 2007 about the start of the problems for INF Treaty: We will dump nuclear treaty, Putin warns | World news | The Guardian
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