Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday that the U.S. is pulling out of a major arms-control treaty with Russia. It follows years of unresolved disputes over Russian compliance with the 1987 pact, known as the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces, or INF, treaty. “I support the withdrawal of the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. ... For the past several years, the Russian government has systematically violated the INF Treaty and deployed systems that undermine the stability that the treaty helped create. NATO said that if Moscow fails to destroy all new missile systems that Washington insists violate the treaty, "Russia will bear sole responsibility for the end of the treaty."

Source: Fox News February 01, 2019 13:57 UTC