US responds to Russia about destruction of launchers in Europe
The United States continues to show its complete disregard for the INF Treaty and its unwillingness to abide by its terms.
The Russian Defense Ministry invited the United States to return to the implementation of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles and to destroy weapons that violate the terms of the document.
The list includes: Aegis Ashore ground-based launchers Mk-41, which can be used to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles, target missiles possessing the characteristics of short- and medium-range ballistic missiles prohibited by the agreement, and shock UAVs that comply with the definition of DRMSD "Ground-based cruise missile."
Despite the argument on the Russian side, in its response, the US Permanent Mission to NATO claims that US actions in these areas meet the requirements, the listed weapons do not meet the conditions stipulated in the DRMSD.
As an argument, the Americans cite the ridiculous assertion that although the Mk-41 ground installation used in the Aegis Ashore "consists of the same parts as the marine one, it is not.
Summing up, it can be stated that the DRMSD, which was one of the pillars on which the entire global security architecture rests, is already a thing of the past and there will be no return to it in the near future.
With their exit, the United States set a dangerous precedent by which other international arms limitation agreements could cease to exist. And this is already fraught with more dire consequences than the next arms race.
The Russian Defense Ministry invited the United States to return to the implementation of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles and to destroy weapons that violate the terms of the document.
The list includes: Aegis Ashore ground-based launchers Mk-41, which can be used to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles, target missiles possessing the characteristics of short- and medium-range ballistic missiles prohibited by the agreement, and shock UAVs that comply with the definition of DRMSD "Ground-based cruise missile."
Despite the argument on the Russian side, in its response, the US Permanent Mission to NATO claims that US actions in these areas meet the requirements, the listed weapons do not meet the conditions stipulated in the DRMSD.
As an argument, the Americans cite the ridiculous assertion that although the Mk-41 ground installation used in the Aegis Ashore "consists of the same parts as the marine one, it is not.
Summing up, it can be stated that the DRMSD, which was one of the pillars on which the entire global security architecture rests, is already a thing of the past and there will be no return to it in the near future.
With their exit, the United States set a dangerous precedent by which other international arms limitation agreements could cease to exist. And this is already fraught with more dire consequences than the next arms race.
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