The United States Is Getting More and More Irritated at Russia’s Nuke Treaty Violation – War Is Boring

The United States Is Getting More and More Irritated at Russia’s Nuke Treaty Violation

Moscow’s apparent new missile tests patience in Washington

by ELAINE GROSSMAN

Omaha, Nebraska — Russia continues to rattle the United States with its alleged breach of a 1987 bilateral agreement aimed at eliminating medium-range ground-based missiles, according to a senior State Department official.

“We have made it very clear to our Russian colleagues that our patience is not indefinite,” said Frank Rose, the State Department’s top diplomat for arms control, compliance and verification. “We will work closely with our allies to ensure that Russia does not gain any benefit from its violation.”

Translation — this is bad. But unless Moscow actually deploys the prohibited missile, don’t expect a dramatic U.S. response anytime soon.

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