No, Trump Has Not Started a Nuclear Arms Race With INF Pullout

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 No, Trump Has Not Started a Nuclear Arms Race With INF Pullout
By Matthew Costlow on October 29, 2018 at 4:01 AM

Russia’s missile arsenal (graphic by CSIS)

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States a new arms race would provoke a “quick and effective” Russian response and threatened NATO’s members. Democrat leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives predict an increased risk of “an unconstrained nuclear arms race.”

Is it true? Has President Trump fired the first shot in a Cold War-style nuclear arms race by withdrawing from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)? Evidence from the Cold War and after indicates the answer is: likely not.

https://breakingdefense.com/2018/10/no-trump-has-not-started-a-nuclear-arms-race-with-inf-pullout/