In the mid-1980s, Europe had a situation that was similar to the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the Soviet SS-20 Saber and the American Pershing missile faced each other off at a close distance. Back then, both parties had decided to abandon the arms race by signing the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (1987). Today, the United States is seemingly desperate to withdraw from the agreement and return to the former situation. Recently, the US has been busy putting missile launchers into full combat readiness in Europe. These are positioned in Romania and next in line is Poland. Under the pretext of creating a "nuclear shield against Iran", US Tomahawks are technically able to penetrate into Russia as far as the Ural mountains. The dismantling of the international system of security began in 2002, with the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty 1972, a treaty that Vladimir Putin called “the absolute linchpin to international security.” This in turn hampered the START II (1993) – Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. What will Russia do in response? Vladimir Putin has already mentioned an “instantaneous” answer. "There are missile launchers in Romania, which can be used not only for anti-missiles – but also for systems of medium-range missiles. These are usually deployed from the sea, however they can be transferred to land and used as medium-range, land-based missiles. This then becomes a direct violation of the INF,” he said. He continued- “Yet we also have the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, START III – I think that there are issues that need to be discussed about this,” the head of state said. This could be a hint at the possibility of Russia withdrawing from the US-backed Strategic Arms Treaty – START III. After all, on the day of signing – April 8, 2010 – the Russian president (then it was Medvedev) included a special reservation, a clause which said that the treaty “can be viable only on conditions when there is no qualitative and quantitative increase in the capabilities of US anti-missile systems.” It would appear, the snowballing effect has begun.
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