The defense Ministry published data on the production in the United States is prohibited by the INF Treaty missiles
. USA decided to withdraw from the Treaty on the destruction of intermediate-range and shorter-range two years before accused the Russian Federation in its violation, and at the same time began preparations for the production of the document is prohibited missiles. About It said Russian defense Ministry.
. USA decided to withdraw from the Treaty on the destruction of intermediate-range and shorter-range two years before accused the Russian Federation in its violation, and at the same time began preparations for the production of the document is prohibited missiles. About It said Russian defense Ministry.
according to the Ministry, from June 2017 at the company military-industrial Corporation Raytheon in Tucson (Arizona) launched a program of expansion and modernization of production facilities for the creation of intermediate-range and shorter-range.
over the past two years the area of the company increased by 44 per cent, from 55 to 79 thousand square meters, and the number of employees - almost two thousand people, the report says.
in addition, added in the Ministry of defence, in November 2017, in practice, at the same time with the beginning of the expansion of our production capacity, the U.S. Congress appropriated to the Pentagon 1st tranche of 58 million dollars, expressly noting: "the development of ground-based medium-range missiles ".
Today, the head of Vladimir Putin said that the Russian Federation suspends participation in the Treaty on the destruction of intermediate-range and shorter-range. This mirrored the response to the actions of the US, which yesterday announced its withdrawal from the Treaty.
Putin said that all Russian proposals on disarmament " remain on the table ", but asked in a persistent form to initiate dialogues with the US, as long as they are not Mature to lead with Moscow equitable and meaningful dialogue.
the head added that the Russian Federation and the United States, will develop new weapons. He agreed to the proposal of the Minister of defence Sergei Shoigu to begin work on the use of launchers for naval missiles "Caliber" in the terrestrial version and in the creation of ground-based hypersonic ballistic missiles, medium-range and shorter-range. At the same time, drew the attention of the head of the country, Russia will not be drawn into an arms race.
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