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In 2026, the US will deploy long-range fire weapons in Germany to show its commitment to NATO and European defense, the US and Germany agreed Wednesday.
The two nations stated the US’ “episodic deployments” constitute preparation for longer-term stationing of SM-6, Tomahawk cruise missiles, and developing hypersonic weapons with a greater range than European capabilities.
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In 1987, Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which barred ground-based missiles above 500 kilometers until 2019.
It was the first time the two superpowers agreed to decrease their nuclear arsenals and remove a category of weapons.
Germany, Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic destroyed their missiles in the 1990s, followed by Slovakia and Bulgaria.
The US cited the 9M729 ground-launched cruise missile, also known as the SSC-8 in NATO, as a justification for leaving the INF Treaty in 2019.
After consistently denying the claim, the Kremlin halted the development of ground-based ballistic and cruise missiles with 500 km to 5,500 km ranges forbidden by the INF treaty.
After a streak of record closings, investors sold big tech firms and bought smaller ones, sending the Nasdaq down significantly on Thursday.
Putin said Moscow should begin manufacturing intermediate- and shorter-range nuclear-capable missiles after the US delivered them to Europe and Asia at the end of June.
Putin said Russia had committed not to deploy such missiles, but the US had restarted manufacture, transported them to Denmark for drills, and moved them to the Philippines.
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