Russia says Aegis Ashore violates 1987 INF Treaty

Moscow says the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense facility in Romania violates the 1987 INF Treaty as the MK 41 vertical launching system installed there is capable of firing Tomahawk cruise missiles.

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By Missile Defense Agency – United States Department of Defense (United States Naval Institute News) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The treaty had banned all long-range nuclear and conventional ground-based cruise missiles.

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