Intermediate-Range Challenges
... for arms reduction and cutting the associated costs. At present, Russia does not question the fact that the INF Treaty, if observed,... ... nuclear powers could play a positive role in the current crisis. China is a very important component of the equation: on the one ... ... ability to carry nuclear warheads. Even with a range of several thousand kilometres they would ensure guaranteed destruction of their ... ... and accept the opponent’s explanations. The prospects of the New START being prolonged are moot, and the balance may shift either ...