The exacerbation of tensions, mutual pressure and accusations have put a cornerstone Russia-U.S. agreement – the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty – on the brink of termination
For the first time during the Cold War, the parties agreed to eliminate entire classes of nuclear weapons that had been deployed in great numbers and had had a major significance for military planning.
U.S. Army Pershing II in Germany
In its current form the INF Treaty has long been an unfair arrangement since only...
... construction of a similar base in Poland on the very next day. The Polish Aegis Ashore will be located next to the small village of Redzikowo on the Baltic coast, 200 km from Kaliningrad. It is expected to become operational in 2018.
What are Aegis BMD systems? They are the basis of the Obama Administration’s so-called “Phased, Adaptive Approach” to creating the European component of the global ballistic missile defence of the United States and its allies.
The expensive programme ...
Working Paper №VII, 2013
The research is conducted in the framework of joint project of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Atlantic Council (AC) on perspective of “mutual assured stability” model in Russia-U.S. strategic relations. The research was presented on Russian-US seminar “
Russia-U.S. relations: new impetus to cooperation
”, March 25, 2013.
Authors
:
S.M. Rogov (Lead Author), Academician, RAS, Dr. of History; V.I. Esin, Ph.D. in Military Science, retired Colonel General;...
