Russia does not observe missile treaty

Russia does not observe missile treaty

World February 15, 2017 17:09

washington/moscow - Russia has new missiles for deployed medium-range and does thereby not respecting the agreements in the Russian-American INF Treaty (Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces). That the CNN reported Wednesday invoking government sources. The New York Times reported it.

The agreement of 1987 prohibits the placement of nuclear missiles with a range of up to 5,500 kilometers on the mainland. ' The Russian Federation again with its obligations under the Convention not after '', says a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which CNN relies. The Kremlin said this trespass against and said that Russia complies with all international rules.

The new ground-to-ground missile is encoded as SS-C-8 and constitutes a part of the Iskander system. A battalion of these missiles is still in the test base Kapustin Yar in Volgograd, but a second has been in active service in December. Where that happened, was not disclosed. Washington has the Russians not to meet more frequently accused of treaties in recent years.

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