Russia Threat Could See U.K. Fighter Jets Operating From Highways Once Again
The Royal Air Force has plans for a series of drills that will test its fighters’ abilities to operate from dispersed airstrips.
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Putin Says He’ll Limit Cruise Missile Deployments To Get Missile Defense Site Inspections
The Kremlin also wants to block the fielding of missiles to Europe that had been banned under a now defunct treaty with the United States.
Putin Demands Response To U.S. Tomahawk Test Despite Having Treaty-Busting Missiles
Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally directed the country’s authorities to devise a “symmetric response” to the U.S. military’s recent test of a land-based Tomahawk cruise missile launch, a weapon system that the now-defunct Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, or INF, had prohibited. Of course, the most logical course of action is for Russia to publicly “unveil” the INF-breaching missiles it is already understood to have developed and fielded, but it may need to wait to do so in order to maintain its claim that it does not already have these weapons.
Russia Shows Off Parts Of Its Controversial Cruise Missile System, But Not The Missile Itself
Treaty-busting or not, the missile presents a nightmare for anyone trying to verify that the Russians are meeting their international obligations.
Russia Admits Its Allegedly Treaty-Busting Cruise Missile Exists, But Denies U.S. Claims
The Kremlin accuses the United States of exploiting arms control deals to gather intelligence and warns of a potential arms race.
What Pulling Out Of The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Means And What Comes Next
The Russians are violating the deal, but ditching it could strain America’s relations with its allies and kick off an expensive arms race.
NATO Envoy Says U.S. Looking At Ways To ‘Take Out’ Russia’s Treaty-Violating Missiles (Updated)
The remarks were worryingly unclear on exactly what the United States was prepared to do and under what circumstances.
US Threatens Its Own Treaty-Busting Missile Development in Response to Russian Violations
The United States hopes the threat will pressure the Russians back into complying with the Cold War deal.