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Incorrect. Russia's violation of the INF Treaty is the next step in a global arms race. The US withdrawal from the treaty is a common sense response, since a treaty that one side is violating is worthless.

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1. The US never bothered to prove their allegations 2. The US’s ABM batteries are more likely to be afoul of the INF 3. The Ruskies invited the US to explain what concerned them about their missles - they never answered. 3. The US - particularly the folks in charge now - has a history of withdrawing from arms control treaties (see ABM) 4. The US has a history of telling ridiculous lies about arms control (See ABM treaty, and how the Ruskies called all the US’s bluffs) 5. The US has already started attacking another treaty (weapons in space ban).

So the US doesn’t supply proof. Has a history of tearing treaties. Has been almost surely in violation of the INF for some time. Is poking holes in the last few remaining treaties.

But don’t worry about Armageddon: w/out an arms treaty, launching the thousands of obsolete ICBMs loaded with tungsten carbide bearings into orbit solves any countries’ security concerns vis a vis space ;)

What a load of BS. The proof, that Russia violated the treaty in 2014 is mentioned in the article.

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