Russia pledges to retaliate if America builds new missiles - Reuters

As reported by Reuters, the US' recent threat to pull out of a numcear deal with America and begin amassing nuclear weapons once again.

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" Russia said on Monday it would be forced to respond in kind to restore the military balance with the United States if President Donald Trump carried through on a threat to quit a nuclear arms treaty and began developing new missiles.

"In Washington, the U.S. president reiterated his concern about the treaty, telling reporters: “Russia has not adhered to the agreement. ... When they do, then we’ll all be smart and we’ll all stop.”

"He said China, too, should be included in the accord and that until all sides stopped trying to develop new intermediate nuclear arms “there will be nobody that’s going to even be close to us.”

"Trump drew a warning of “military-technical” retaliation from Moscow after saying on Saturday that Washington would withdraw from the Cold War-era pact which rid Europe of land-based nuclear missiles."

"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called Trump’s withdrawal plan a matter of deep concern for Moscow. “Such measures can make the world more dangerous,” he told reporters on a conference call."

"Peskov said President Vladimir Putin had repeatedly warned that the demise of the treaty would compel Moscow to take specific military steps. “Scrapping the provisions of the INF treaty forces Russia to take measures for its own security because what does scrapping the INF treaty mean?” said Peskov.."