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First US Missile Test Post INF Treaty Withdrawal
August 22 , 2019
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- The United States has announced that it has successfully tested a medium-range ground-launched Tomahawk cruise missile.
- This is first such test after US unilaterally withdrew from Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a Cold War-era pact with Russia.
- The 1987 INF Treaty had banned both parties from possessing, testing land-based missiles – conventional/ nuclear, that could travel between 500 and 5,500 kilometers.
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