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US to pull out of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty

October 25 , 2018 2224 days 807 0
  • The United States President has announced that the US will unilaterally pull out of 3-decade-old Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty signed with Russia during the Cold War.
  • It was crucial Cold War-era treaty banning development, testing and possession of short and medium range ground-launched nuclear missiles with range of 500-5,000 km.
  • The treaty was signed in December 1987 between the then US President Ronald Reagan and his USSR counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev.

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