... avoided purchasing it, partly on account of this, partly to avoid suspicion and accusations of violating the INF Treaty. The complex was offered for export with short-range 3M-14E missiles only... ... stage, and with the same reach as the 3M-14M/Ks. Such
Kalibr
-M systems deployed in Russia’s western regions will increase the “weight of fire” of cruise missiles... ... offering higher stability and requiring significant efforts and spending on the part of NATO to build up its air defence systems.
Rosoboronexport
Club-M concept
Another originally...
... surpassing the last defense budget of Donald Trump. It is inevitable that the U.S. will press forward to modernize its nuclear triad. Russia to a large extent has already done so. It is a reverse situation in comparison to the Cold War era. This time NATO has an overwhelming superiority in conventional weapons, and Russia with its nuclear doctrine has to rely heavily on nuclear ... ... developed by the U.S. In Germany there is already a revived NATO military infrastructure, closed in the aftermath of the 1987 INF treaty, and designed for operating INF systems. In the eyes of Moscow there is a high probability of a new Euromissile crisis ...
... quick to conclude that the French leader effectively supported his Russian counterpart’s idea. The Kremlin voiced a similar interpretation ... ... statement. Capitals of Central Europe responded with a barrage of accusations against the Élysée Palace, suggesting its current occupant ... ... surprised that France was trying to influence the fate of the INF Treaty, which was (or rather had been, before its demise) a ... ... had some explaining to do to his American and European partners, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, journalists and experts,...
In a wide-ranging interview, Russia’s Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov speaks about nuclear arms control, the EU elections and top jobs, the situation ... ... Mutually assured destruction…
Yes. So, these treaties were supplemented by further ones like SALT 1, 2 and 3, and, in 1987, the
INF Treaty
. We were also proposing further agreements, both bilaterally with the US and in our dialogue with NATO.
Unfortunately, after the abrogation of the INF treaty, this backsliding continued. And the fact that the current US administration ...
Ambassador Anatoly Antonov is participating in 2019 Arms Control Association Annual Meeting
Ambassador ... ... and, therefore, benefit our people.
Why does the majority in the world pressure the Russian Federation and the USA on arms control? I’ll try to answer. The Russian Federation and the USA are the... ... Let’s take a look at what has been done by the Russian Federation to preserve the INF Treaty. Since 2007 we have been making suggestions to make the Treaty multilateral...
Despite the attempts of Russian and U.S. sides to find common ground on the Intermediate-Range ... ... emerge until now due to concerns about possible breaches of the INF Treaty, and that it was only greenlighted once an appropriate,... ... clearly considered to be very valuable.
Unfortunately, the key NATO and EU member nations ignored the presentation, and not necessarily ... ... Without going into much detail as to the essence of the mutual accusations, it should be noted that Washington’s failure to embrace ...
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Super-Long-Range Cannon, Gunboats and Hypersonic Gliders
Alexander Yermakov:
The INF Treaty: from Crisis to Agony
After that we are in for a feast of militarism and... ... take out with a single anti-ship missile.
On December 4, following a meeting of the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Brussels, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo presented an ultimatum to Russia, saying that the United States would pull out from the Treaty unless Moscow began... ... aforementioned programmes are conventional, at least officially. U.S. officials dismiss accusations that they are attempting to launch a new nuclear arms race; in fact, there...
How the Termination of the INF Treaty Could Affect the Existing System of Treaties. Russia’s Stance
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are meeting in Helsinki on July ... ... indicating Washington’s intention to revise the INF Treaty were made in 2014, with accusations of breaching of the Treaty levelled against Russia. Following Donald Trump’s... ... Defense James Schlesinger back in 1973 [
2
]. Despite the fact that Russia’s Perimeter (NATO reporting name Dead Hand) automatic nuclear response system would make the applicability...
No short cut to a more constructive relationship exists
U.S.-Russian relations are not only in bad shape—very bad shape—but destructively and ... ... on the historic opportunity created when at the end of the Cold War the decades-long NATO-Warsaw Pact military standoff was dismantled, the two sides are now rapidly re-militarizing... ... reality and decide whether failure is in either’s interest. Thus, for example, if the INF treaty is lost, so will be the future of strategic nuclear arms control. Renewal...
Current US and Russia’s Attitudes toward Disarmament in the Area of Weapons ... ... arms control agreements
The compliance disputes concerning the INF Treaty
Statement by the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group: ... ... by the treaty. Since then, Russia has repeatedly denied the accusations, and has accused the United States of deploying defense ... ... an important treaty.
Russian concerns over the compatibility of NATO nuclear-sharing practice with the provisions of the NPT
Statement ...
