Russian military chief says no need to give up INF Treaty

Russian military chief says no need to give up INF Treaty

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Baluyevsky said it would be unwise to pull out unilaterally from the treaty because the move could prompt other countries to pursue the development of ballistic missiles.

"Today, I would not favor a hasty decision to abandon the treaty, although Russia does need missiles of this [intermediate range] type," Baluyevsky said, adding that the recent deployment of Iskander-M short-range missiles allowed Russia to ensure strategic parity without violating the provisions of the INF treaty.

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[edit on 18-10-2007 by manson_322]

The former Soviet Union and the U.S. signed the INF Treaty on December 8, 1987. The agreement came into force in June 1988 and does not have a specific duration.

The INF treaty banned nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers (300 to 3,400 miles). By the treaty's deadline of June 1, 1991, a total of 2,692 such weapons had been destroyed, 846 by the U.S. and 1,846 by the Soviet Union.

The treaty strongly favored the U.S., as many treaty provisions, such as counting Soviet RSD-10 Pioneer (NATO reporting name SS-20) multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) missiles as equivalent to single-warhead Pershing II systems allowed NATO to regain strategic nuclear superiority over Russia in Europe

President Vladimir Putin last week said Russia could pull out of the U.S.-Russian arms reductions treaty, unless it was expanded to impose restrictions on other countries as well.

"Breaking this treaty could lead to irreversible consequences, when a large number of countries will equip missiles with high-precision warheads and more exotic types of WMD," said Army General Yury Baluyevsky, chief of Russia's General Staff.


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for one i have to agree with the russian military chief , he is correct there is no need to abandon INF as it would be destabilising


any comments?????

strange , when putin says something people yell ' OH , HES GOING TO NUKE USA '

but ,when rus military chief says that there is no need to abandon INF , i get no reply

If that's policy in Russia, I really have to rethink my choices in online-media.
I don't think I get international politics.