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The Washington Post - Trump opens the door to chaos as landmark treaty expires
today
On Friday, a nonproliferation pact that underpinned three decades of global security will collapse.
In 1987, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which led to the removal of more than 2,600 U.S. and Soviet nuclear and conventional ballistic missiles - specifically, ground-based weapons systems with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers (310 and 3,417 miles). That proximate distance, and the fact that they could hit their targets within 10 minutes, made such missiles the source of constant fears of miscalculation during the Cold War era.
The landmark agreement, backed by a verification process and inspections on both sides, effectively eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons. It lifted the veil of permanent nuclear threat that hung over Europe. It also launched a lengthy subsequent process under which both Washington and Moscow reduced their nuclear arsenals.
Under President Trump, the clock is being dialed back.
In February, the Trump administration gave notice that it would be exiting the INF Treaty in six months, citing long-standing U.S. complaints that Russia was violating the treaty’s terms with the development of a new land-based, nuclear-capable cruise missile. ...
Analysts reckon a new arms race is possibly in the offing.
“Now that the treaty is over, we will see the development and deployment of new weapons,” Russian military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer told AFP.
The United States also is believed to be developing at least three new types of medium-range missiles - all of them intended to carry conventional warheads.
Sleep well, children.
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The Washington Post - Ratcliffe withdraws from consideration for intelligence chief less than a week after Trump picked him
August 2 at 7:08 PM
President Trump announced Friday that Rep. John Ratcliffe, his embattled pick to lead the nation’s intelligence community, was withdrawing from consideration and will remain in Congress after lawmakers raised questions about his qualifications and whether he had padded his résumé. ...
Even by the tumultuous standards of the Trump administration, Ratcliffe’s nomination, which fell apart in less than a week, was a spectacular flameout. ...
In an exchange with reporters Friday afternoon, Trump defended the White House’s failure to scrutinize Ratcliffe’s background.
“I give out a name to the press and they vet for me. We save a lot of money that way,” Trump said. ...
Good grief! 😕
and: The New York Times - Trump Drops Spy Chief Pick After Bipartisan Pushback
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