Russia Responds to U.S.-Germany Intermediate-Range-Missile Deal
Washington announced the deal in July and Russia said at the time that it would respond “without nerves, without emotions.”
Russia announced Friday that it will deploy its newest hypersonic missile, the Oreshnik, to Belarus in response to the U.S. deal to put conventionally armed ground-launched intermediate-range missiles in Germany.
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“The decision to deploy Oreshnik missile systems in the territory of the Republic of Belarus has been made in response to the steps being taken by the United States and Germany to deploy medium-range missiles in Europe,” Sergey Lagodyuk, the deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, said, according to Russia’s RT.
Washington announced the deal in July and Russia said at the time that it would respond “without nerves, without emotions.”
The U.S. and Russia had an agreement in place for years that banned ground-based nuclear and conventional missiles with a range of 310-3,410 miles. Washington pulled out of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty over allegations that Moscow was not being upfront about its stockpile.
Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, said at the time that Russia is “taking steady steps towards the Cold War.”
The Tomahawk cruise missile is among the medium-range missiles that Germany and the United States have agreed to deploy in Germany on a rotational basis beginning in 2026, according to ArmsControl.org.
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