U.S. Tests Missile Banned for Decades, Ignoring Warnings from Russia

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The United States has tested a land-launched cruise missile surpassing a limit set by a decades-old deal with Russia since scrapped by President Donald Trump's administration.

In a press release published Monday, the Pentagon announced that the previous day it "conducted a flight test of a conventionally-configured ground-launched cruise missile at San Nicolas Island, California." Notably, it stated that the "test missile exited its ground mobile launcher and accurately impacted its target after more than 500 kilometers of flight" or roughly 310 miles, a range once restricted by the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed by Washington and Moscow.

The U.S. has accused Russia of first violating the treaty through the development of its own land-based cruise missile, known as the Novator 9M729. Moscow has denied the charge, accusing Washington of having broken the agreement with defense systems suspected of being able to be used offensively as well.

"Data collected and lessons learned from this test will inform the Department of Defense's development of future intermediate-range capabilities," the Pentagon said Sunday, suggesting more such tests would be on the way in spite of repeating warnings from Russian President Vladimir Putin's administration, which has imposed on itself a moratorium against such launches with the stated goal of preventing a new arms race.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-tests-missile-banned-for-decades-ignoring-warnings-from-russia/ar-AAG1vNE?li=BBnb7Kz

The Trumpers don't care. They think they're going to be raptured up before the shit goes down.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Theater, putin tells rump to violate something so there is a reason for a future

confrontation when they have to shut down our grid or whatever since rump aint leaving the WH peacefully.

[Kurt V.]

2. so this missile has been around all along evidently.