January 22 2019
Russia has denied that a new cruise missile system violates the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, reports Reuters.
Washington says that the SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system violates the treaty, which bans the signatories from operating systems with a range between 310 miles (500 km) and 3,420 miles (5,500 km).
On the sidelines of the U.N.-sponsored Conference on Disarmament, Russian diplomat Alexander Deyneko said that his country would not give in to U.S. demands...
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