{"id":58362,"date":"2025-08-06T12:06:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=58362"},"modified":"2025-08-06T13:17:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:47:41","slug":"intermediate-range-nuclear-forces-inf-treaty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/intermediate-range-nuclear-forces-inf-treaty\/","title":{"rendered":"Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia has officially declared it no longer considers itself bound by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was signed between the <\/span><b>United States and Russia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Formerly known as the Soviet Union) in 1987.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Under this treaty both powers agreed to <\/span><b>destroy two categories of lethal missile systems from their own stocks <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as a means to decelerate the nuclear arms race.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The need for such an expansive treaty was felt after a considerable build-up of missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads by both sides in their European spheres of influence, threatening the security of the entire continent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The treaty came to fruition after years of negotiations during the leadership of US President <\/span><b>Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The treaty led to the elimination of an entire class of weapons, ground-launched missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 kilometres.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also allowed verification by observers from both sides \u2014 thus leading to the dismantling of 2,619 missiles in three years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Present status of the treaty: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US withdrew from it, citing violations by Russia. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/russia-officially-ends-commitment-to-1987-inf-nuclear-arms-treaty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">News on air<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty was signed between the United States and Russia (Formerly known as the Soviet Union) in 1987. 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