Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan signed the INF Treaty in 1987 Credit: Agence France-Presse
The US has formally withdrawn from a key nuclear treaty with Russia, raising fears of a new arms race.
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) was signed by US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987.
It banned missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 km (310-3,400 miles).
But earlier this year the US and Nato accused Russia of violating the pact by deploying a new type of cruise missile, which Moscow has denied.
The Americans said they had evidence that Russia had deployed a number of 9M729 missiles – known to Nato as SSC-8. This accusation was then put to Washington’s Nato allies, which all backed the US claim.
“Russia is solely responsible for the treaty’s demise,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Friday.
“With the full support of our Nato allies, the United States has determined Russia to be in material breach of the treaty, and has subsequently suspended our obligations under the treaty,” […]
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Meanwhile Greenland is having a heat wave like none before with amazing amounts of water pouring off raising sea levels and cooling the north Atlantic. Gulf stream is slowing and the jet stream is more erratic than ever. When oh when will Mar-a-logo go under the waves????