Looks like it’s official - the US is walking away from the 1987 INF Treaty.

The United States formally withdrew from the landmark Intermediate-range Nuclear Force pact with Russia on Friday after determining that the Kremlin had violated the treaty and had no plans to come back into compliance with it. US officials also announced plans to test a new missile that would have been banned under the terms of the INF in the coming weeks.

“Russia is solely responsible for the treaty’s demise,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement released early Friday. “The United States will not remain party to a treaty that is deliberately violated by Russia,” he added.

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