International Military Review – Syria, Oct 7, 2015

USA has some months repeatedly claimed Rus has broken INF treaty…………….but claim

“The 2015 report contains two paragraphs not in last year’s report that highlight treaty provisions stating that “if a launcher has been tested for launching a GLCM” or “contained or launched a particular type of GLCM,” then “all launchers of that type shall be considered to be launchers of that type of GLCM.”

In a June 7 posting on the blog Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, Pavel Podvig, an affiliate at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, said that these additions “seem to support” his theory “that the violation is a technicality” involving tests of a long-range sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM) from a mobile GLCM launcher.

The testing of a SLCM from a mobile launcher would constitute a violation of the treaty, Podvig argues, because the treaty requires that any missile that is not a GLCM covered by the treaty should be test-launched from a fixed land-based launcher used solely for test purposes and distinguishable from GLCM launchers.”

In a June 11 statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry described the allegation in the State Department report as “completely false.”

The statement reiterated Russian concerns about U.S. military activities that “are based on a very loose interpretation of the INF Treaty provisions,” such as “plans to deploy the vertical missile launch systems . . . at missile defense bases in Romania and Poland,” use of “target missiles with characteristics similar to those of intermediate- and shorter-range missiles” in missile defense tests, and the manufacture of armed drones that “fall under the INF Treaty definition of ground-based cruise missiles.” According to Moscow, those actions constitute violations of the treaty.
https://www.armscontrol.org/ACT/2015_0708/News/Russia-Still-Violating-INF-Treaty-US-Says
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“The Foreign Ministry’s response to this “gentle poke” was an angry and verbose denial that didn’t address the charges substantively (translation by The Interpreter):

We note that the US continues to play the role of a supreme “certifier,” having arrogated to itself the right to annually put “grades” on other stats for their “diligence” in fulfilling their treaty and convention obligations in arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation.

Obviously, such documents are designed to serve above all the political interests of Washington. In that connection they inevitably are notable for open subjectivism, prejudice, and tendentiousness. They are characterized by an abundance of conjectures, exaggerations, stretches, false premises and distortions. Taking into accounting these features, the 2015 report as in fact the previous analogous document can hardly be called a serious document reflecting the real state of affairs in the area of non-proliferation and arms control.The Russian Foreign Ministry warned the US of “consequences” if it deploys nuclear weapons in Europe, Rosbalt.ru reported, citing a Foreign Ministry statement on its web site today.
http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-update-june-11-2015/
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23rd Sept Moscow could drop out of a Soviet-era nuclear treaty with Washington if the United States moves new B61-12 guided nuclear bombs to Germany, the chairman of Russia’s upper chamber defense and security committee said Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — German media reported on Tuesday that the United States would station 20 next-generation nuclear weapons at the Buechel military air base in western Germany, information obtained from a line item included in the 2015 US budget.

“Should they follow through on this decision, this could prompt Russia to exit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty,” Viktor Ozerov told RIA Novosti.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150923/1027407398.html#ixzz3nxdqtw4z
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MOSCOW, June 30. /TASS/. Russia is prepared to hold discussions of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with the US but the problem must be depoliticized, Russia’s ambassador to NATO Alexander Grushko said on Tuesday in the course of a televised linkup between Moscow and Brussels.
“We’ve been saying from the very beginning we were ready to consider any concerns and to hold consultations with the American side and we did hold such consultations,” Grushko said.
“Still, no one has shown us any precisely specified problems that might cause whatever concern on the American side,” he said.
“On the other hand, we haven’t received any clear answers to our concerns,” he said. These concerns arise, for instance, from the positioning of antimissile defence system facilities in Poland and Romania and, on top of that, there are some questions regarding the use of unpiloted strike vehicles,” Grushko said.
“The situation is crystal clear,” he went on. “We’re prepared to hold a serious discussion but it should be devoid of politicizing and based on facts. As for this moment, the INF is used as a propaganda tool so as to expose once again the alleged aggressive essence of Russia’s intentions.”
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