The U.S. Withdrawal from the INF Treaty Is the Next Step in a Global Arms Race

Withdrawing from the INF allows the U.S. military to build up a formidable arsenal of missiles to challenge China and Russia. While the withdrawal will allow the U.S. military to build a formidable arsenal of missiles to challenge China and Russia, the treaty’s termination will undoubtedly stoke a budding arms race between global great powers, and it could lead to the demise of other key arms control treaties such as the New START agreement. The United States is now considering a major buildup of land-based intermediate-range missiles to challenge China and does not want to be limited by the INF treaty in any way.

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