DefenceTalkSenior NATO and Russian officials failed to make a breakthrough Friday in talks on saving the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, raising the spectre of a renewed arms race in Europe. Western capitals allege that Russia’s latest generation of medium-range missiles breach the terms of the Cold War era INF treaty, and put European cities at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-says-no-progress-in-russia-talks-on-arms-treaty-72088/

DefenceTalkRussia has rejected the U.S. demand for the elimination of the 9M729 cruise missile, as the two countries continue a spat over the INF Treaty. Speaking at a briefing on the 9M729 missile, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, “The US delegation arrived in Geneva for inter-departmental consultations over the INF Treaty with the sole […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-rejects-us-demands-on-9m729-missile-elimination-72083/

DefenceTalkNato and Russian officials will hold talks this week, the alliance said Monday, with the future of a key Cold War era arms treaty hanging by a thread. Diplomats said the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty will be on the agenda for Friday’s meeting of the Nato-Russia Council, which is also expected to cover the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-russia-to-hold-talks-amid-missile-treaty-crisis-72068/

DefenceTalkOn December 13, 2002, US President George W. Bush announced that the United States will unilaterally withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty with the USSR. The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty) between the Soviet Union and the United States was signed on May 26, 1972 in Moscow and entered into force on October 3, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/anti-ballistic-missile-treaty-between-ussr-us-in-details-61171/