Russia has deployed a land-based cruise missile that violates the “spirit and intent” of an arms control treaty and poses a threat to Nato, the vice-chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, Gen Paul Selva, said on Wednesday. He did not say if the missile carried a nuclear weapon. The state department concluded in an control report that Russia was in violation of its obligations under the INF treaty. Trump denounced nuclear arms treaty in phone call with Putin – sources Read moreRussia accused Washington of conducting “megaphone diplomacy” after the accusation was repeated by the state department in 2015. “The risk would be an arms race, we are not in an arms race now,” Hyten said.

Source: The Guardian March 08, 2017 18:00 UTC