Landmark U.S.-Russia arms treaty expires

The United States and Russia let the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty lapse on Friday, ending a key plank of Cold War-era nuclear arms control.

By Arete News - August 2, 2019

A Russian intermediate-range ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead that was withdrawn from service under the INF Treaty (AN/Jorge Láscar)

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