U.S. Tests Missile With A Range Prohibited By Now-Abandoned Treaty

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/20/752657167/u-s-tests-missile-with-a-range-prohibited-by-now-abandoned-treaty?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

This photo released by the U.S. Defense Department shows the launch of a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile at San Nicolas Island, Calif., on Sunday.

The Pentagon says it tested a modified cruise missile that flew "more than 500 kilometers" — a distance prohibited under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty scrapped earlier this month.

(Image credit: U.S. Department of Defense)

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August 20, 2019 at 04:48AM

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