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The INF Treaty Is Under Attack. Down a Road Paved with Good Intentions

... great numbers and had had a major significance for military planning. U.S. Army Pershing II in Germany In its current form the INF Treaty has long been an unfair arrangement since only the U.S. and Russia imposed self-restrictions. The exacerbation of tensions,... ... basis for creating “neo-Pershing” missiles. vpk-news.ru RSD-10 Pioneer (RSD-10 Pioneer) Yet it was another missile, 9M729 (NATO reporting name: SSC-8), that was the real troublemaker. However, when the Obama administration switched to the so-called ...

04.04.2017

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Bargain Basement Ballistic Missile Defence

... exceedingly high modernization potential. It is not surprising, therefore, that in the 1990s, Aegis was primarily intended to be used for intercepting ballistic missiles. Strictly speaking, the first stage in Obama’s “phased approach” to NATO’s ballistic missile defence was using Arleigh Burke -class destroyers equipped with latest version of the CICS software and SM-3 Block IA missiles (RIM-161B in military classification) capable of intercepting short-range ballistic missiles,...

18.05.2016

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In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)