INF Treaty Current Affairs, GK & News
US test-fires Medium-Range Cruise Missile after exiting INF treaty
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) announced successful testing of a medium-range ground-launched cruise missile, just weeks after withdrawing from Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a Cold War-era pact with Russia eliminating that class of nuclear-capable weapons. Key Highlights The missile was launched from US Navy-controlled San Nicolas Island off the coast of Los ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
Topics: INF Treaty • INF-range weapons • Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty • Medium-Range Cruise Missile • Tomahawk cruise missile • United States Department of Defense • US-China • US-Russia
U.S. officially withdraws from the INF Treaty
The United States of America has officially withdrawn from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Even Russia has announced that it would withdraw from the treaty. INF Treaty The features of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in December 1987 were: The treaty prohibited ..
Topics: Ballistic missile • Deterrence theory • INF Treaty • Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty • Law by country • Missile defense • Nuclear strategies • Nuclear warfare • Nuclear weapons • Perestroika • Politics by country • Russia and INF Treaty • START I
US, Russia suspend INF Treaty
With the formal announcement by the United States about the withdrawal from the INF treaty, Russia has followed the suit and declared the suspension of the treaty. Defence analysts fear about the arms race due to the suspension of the treaty. Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty The features of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Topics: Ballistic missiles • Cruise missiles • EU • Europe • INF Treaty • Russia • United States
USA pulls out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty
Russia has confirmed that the United States of America has decided to cancel the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed between Russian and the USA in 1987. The USA had already announced the withdrawal decision from the INF treaty in October 2018. About INF Treaty: The INF Treaty was signed in 1987 between US President Ronald ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2018
Topics: Cold War • INF Treaty • Russia • USA