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Ex-Gov’t Officials See Two Options for New Nuclear Armed INF-Range Missile

Monday, October 22nd, 2018

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Former government officials suggested Tuesday the Trump administration could reach for either the retired W84 warhead or the workhorse W80 warhead if it wants a nuclear-tipped option in the post-intermediate-range-nuclear-forces treaty era.Trump announced Saturday the U.S. would cease complying with the 1987 intermediate range nuclear forces (INF) treaty, which forbids the U.S. and Russia from testing or deploying ground-based missiles — conventional or nuclear — designed to operate between 500 kilometers and 5,500 kilometers, or about 310 miles and 3,100…

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