The United States announced Friday it has formally withdrawn from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Moscow, putting an end to a landmark arms control pact that has limited the development of ground-based missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 kilometers.
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What's the point of this decision?
>What's the point of this decision?
2 main things:
>Chinks weren't in it at all
>Vatniks were obviously wiping their asses with it
So why bother staying in the INF and crippling yourself if nobody else will?
China isn’t binded to it and it holds back Us weapons development while a third party gains traction
>What's the point of this decision?
US wants to use non-ICBM nuclear weapons after Russia has escalated to de-escalate.
>What's the point of this decision?
So it can test and deploy new missiles obviously:
>"The US military is set to test a new non-nuclear mobile-launched cruise missile developed specifically to challenge Russia in Europe, according to a senior US defense official... It is expected to take place in the next few weeks."
>According to comments by U.S. officials to the Associated Press, the United States will begin testing two weapons—both armed solely with a conventional payload. The tests are expected to take place at or after August.
>One project was described by the Associated Press, which spoke to Pentagon officials, as a “low-flying cruise missile with a potential range of about 1,000 kilometers.” The second missile would be a “a ballistic missile with a range of roughly 3,000 to 4,000 kilometres.”
>The cruise missile may be ready for deployment as soon as early 2021, according to the existing timetable. The ballistic missile, however, is likely to take longer. It may be tested as soon as November 2019, but would likely not see deployment for five years after that. Both systems would likely be deployed with the U.S. Army.
>The new ballistic missile—a conventional intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)—may see deployment on the U.S. territory of Guam. With a range capability of 4,000 kilometers, it would be able to hold at risk targets in eastern mainland China and the South China Sea.
>Russia probably has GLCMS
>We want ours back
Good resources:
dod.defense.gov
ipndv.org
>What's the point of this decision?
To counter russian aggression in western countries.
Also, Russia did not follow the treaty, why should the west follow it?
When you only bring war into the political realm, the peaceful west has to react to such aggressions. This is just normal and in case Russia attacks again, there are more ways to finish their aggressive warmongering by glassing Moscow and other cities that support illegal wars.
So it can deploy intermediate range conventional hypersonics and ballistics in the first island chain (and maybe second) to box in China.
It has nothing to do with Russia any longer.
Kekked at the pic, I remember having that same map in my elementary school book on the EU
Does this mean we finally get land based Tomahawks!
Lmao senpai that pic had me dyin bruh
Ooooooo kkkkkkkk?????? Hey, North Korea , Iran, Moscow , China, Mexico, How well do we know this guy???( Trump) he's officially pissed off everyone, any other prez do this shit??? What's next???? P.S. I'm a Trump supporter, but WTF?????
to tell the world you're a really cool dude.
it's not important that all parties uphold their ends of agreements, it's more about abiding by agreements and proudly stating that you are upholding your end.
this makes you better than those guys who don't care but will take advantage of the benefits of the agreement the entire time.
Russia was breaking its promises made in the treaty. Now the US is free to develop better missiles legally than the Russians and can develop missiles on par to China
>it's not important that all parties uphold their ends of agreements
No, that's exactly the point of a treaty you absolute paint drinking fucking moron
That's liberal logic. If you had your way we'd still be paying Iran.
The dead virgin cool dude
VS.
The alive chad nuclear warrior
No you're wrong. It's all about optics and having the moral high ground, even if it hurts your own country and people.
Reminder that the info that Iran is still producing weapons come from just one (((source)))
Whatever happened to those triple oil prices Iran was suppose to do or are they just flailing around trying to hijack random oil tankers like the retards they are?
flow of oil hasn't been greatly impacted. probably has something to do with the US sending its navy to stand by.
You should be shot for being such a weak willed faggot with a dangerous belief in how the government should work.
To get a new treaty that involves China as well, not to mention that Russia was breaking the treaty anyway.
China wasn't a part of the agreement and Russia's influence is declining.
Just retard shit, but with Russian navy joining in ( they tried that bullshit with Iraq when I was over there. Russia really needs a (swat) they get that oil , they get manipulative