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US-Russia Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

August 4 , 2019 1847 days 821 0
  • The US has formally withdrawn from the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with Russia.
  • The treaty had banned the development, testing and possession of short and medium range ground-launched nuclear missiles with a range of 500-5,000 km.
  • INF was signed by then US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987.

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