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US, Russia Withdraw From INF Treaty

Friday, August 2nd, 2019

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As long expected, the U.S. officially withdrew Friday from the 32-year-old Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia, triggering a reciprocal withdrawal from Moscow and leaving both parties free to deploy ground-based missiles with a range of 310 miles to 3,100 miles anywhere in the world. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo made the announcement early Friday in a press release, six months after he said the U.S. would withdraw from the Cold War-pact that eliminated a whole class of nuclear…

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