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Re: It Begins: Pentagon Tests First Land-Based Cruise Missile Post-INF Treaty

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I believe this is more about China than it is Russia.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but China was not part of the
original ban on intermediate range weapons.

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/davedeptula/2018/11/05/whether-inf-in-or-out-china-must-be-checked/#daba2e16ce3c

President Trump recently made it clear that he intends to withdraw the U.S. from the 1987 intermediate range nuclear forces (INF) treaty. Beyond the merits of being in or out of the treaty, the U.S. must address the treaty’s unintended consequences that resulted in China’s conventionally-armed missile advantage in the Pacific. While the U.S. was constrained from building short and intermediate range conventional missiles under the bilateral INF treaty with the Russians, the Chinese were not and expanded their military reach and capacity with these systems. The removal of the constraints of the INF treaty would allow for either the cost-effective U.S. deployment of a relatively inexpensive class of medium range conventional missiles to counter the Chinese missile build-up, or provide the incentive for Russia and China to realize the benefits of a new arms control treaty.

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China Fields New Intermediate-Range Nuclear Missile

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/china-fields-new-intermediate-range-nuclear-missile/

DF-26C deployment confirmed

March 3, 2014
U.S. intelligence agencies recently confirmed China’s development of a new intermediate-range nuclear missile (IRBM) called the Dongfeng-26C (DF-26C), U.S. officials said.

The new missile is estimated to have a range of at least 2,200 miles—enough for Chinese military forces to conduct attacks on U.S. military facilities in Guam, a major hub for the Pentagon’s shift of U.S. forces to Asia Pacific.

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It Begins: Pentagon Tests First Land-Based Cruise Missile Post-INF Treaty
By: capt_nemo in POPE 5
Tue, 20 Aug 19 7:49 AM 		Msg. 38180 of 62138

Here we go with the unleashing of the new Cold War arms race 2.0: the United States has just tested a ground-launched cruise missile with a range of over 500km — previously banned under the now defunct Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty — just after Putin recently said Russia will be forced to deploy banned missiles if the US does.

The Pentagon on Monday confirmed a flight test of a “conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile” which happened on Sunday, and released video of the launch.

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“Data collected and lessons learned from this test will inform the Department of Defense’s development of future intermediate-range capabilities,” the DoD press release said.

The test occurred at a range on San Nicolas Island, California, the Pentagon said Monday. The missile was reported as successfully hitting a target of more 500km (310 miles) away.

Crucially this comes on the heels of both the United States and Russia formally withdrawing from the landmark 1987 treaty which banned missiles with a range of between 500km and 5,000km.

At the start of August US Defense Secretary Mark Esper had indicated plans to deploy previously banned missiles in Asia or the Pacific region:, “It’s fair to say, though, that we would like to deploy a capability sooner rather than later,” Esper said during a prior trip to Australia. “I would prefer months. I just don’t have the latest state of play on timelines.”


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WATCH: U.S. flight-tests ground launched Tomahawk variant off of California in a test that went "more than 500km", a first since the end of the INF treaty earlier this month. Notable that they chose the Tomahawk as the original ground-launched version of it was killed by INF

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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-19/it-begins-pentagon-tests-first-land-based-cruise-missile-after-inf-collapse?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29

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