This is stated in the appeal, published on the website of the US defense department.
As pointed out by Esper, the Pentagon began to carry out research and development work in 2017. The ministry’s initial research and development efforts focused on conventional ground-based (non-nuclear- powered ) mobile cruise and ballistic missile systems and, as the minister said, the United States meticulously fulfilled its obligations under the INF Treaty. are in the early stages. ”
“Now that we have come out (from the INF Treaty. - RT ), the Ministry of Defense will continue to fully develop these conventional land-based missiles as a reasonable response to Russia's actions and as part of a wider set of conventional options for hitting combined forces,” he said. .
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry officially announced the termination of the INF Treaty on the initiative of the American side. The ministry called the US withdrawal from the treaty a serious mistake.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance will respond to the breakdown of the treaty with measures in the field of missile defense.
Yury Shvytkin, deputy head of the State Duma’s defense committee, told the NSN about the negative consequences of terminating the treaty.