# Trump pulling out of arms treaty

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**Created:** [October 22, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pulling-out-of-arms-treaty/823339 "2018-10-22T16:20:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pulling-out-of-arms-treaty/823339/41 "2019-08-02T17:16:41Z")

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> The US has formally withdrawn from a key nuclear treaty with Russia, raising fears of a new arms race.
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> The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) was signed by US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987.
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> It banned missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 km (310-3,400 miles).
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> But earlier this year the US and Nato accused Russia of violating the pact by deploying a new type of cruise missile, which Moscow has denied.
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> The Americans said they had evidence that Russia had deployed a number of 9M729 missiles - known to Nato as SSC-8. This accusation was then put to Washington’s Nato allies, which all backed the US claim.
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> “Russia is solely responsible for the treaty’s demise,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Friday.

> **[INF nuclear treaty: US pulls out of Cold War-era pact with Russia](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49198565)**
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> The US withdrawal from a Cold War intermediate nuclear missile pact raises fears of a new arms race.

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