U.S. Issues Nuclear Ultimatum to Russia
The Trump administration and NATO appear to agree on a new strategy to contain Moscow’s new nuclear ambitions.
By Paul D. Shinkman, Senior National Security Writer Dec. 4, 2018, at 4:09 p.m.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that Russia has 60 days to become compliant with a key international agreement governing the development of nuclear weapons or the U.S. would also cease obeying it, offering an ultimatum that restores some of the Trump administration's diplomatic leverage over Moscow but also risks the beginning of a new nuclear arms race.
Pompeo issued the threat in Brussels shortly after NATO foreign ministers released a statement confirming Russia's violations of the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, specifically its development of a ground-launched cruise missile Moscow calls the 9M729.
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