Verification concerns prompted the United States and its NATO allies to insist that the agreement eliminate all INF-range missiles.
One must ask in the aftermath of the INF Treaty whether it is a desirable development to have the United States be one of only two nations in the world legally prohibited from fielding INF- and SRINF-range missiles.
Recently, the U.S. government discovered in East Germany a number of undeclared, operational launchers (reportedly 6) for the INF Treaty-limited SS-23 shorter-range missile system, together with a significant quantity of associated missiles (reportedly as many as 24).
After the Bush Administration's compliance report was sent to Capitol Hill, the U.S. government discovered in East Germany a number of launchers (reportedly 6) for the INF Treaty-limited SS-23 shorter-range missile system, together with a significant quantity (reportedly as many as 24) associated missiles.
Furthermore, even if the Soviets had transferred the SS-23s to East Germany before the INF Treaty was signed -- a contention unsupported by any public evidence at this time -- the existence, declaration, and elimination of all such weapons would have been directly relevant to the negotiation of that accord.
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By exploiting the inherent unverifiability of mobile missiles a reality that obliged the Reagan-Bush Administration to insist on a complete prohibition on all such missiles of intermediate-range in the INF Treaty the Soviets can easily and covertly maintain far larger forces of their SS-24s and -25s than permitted under a strategic arms reduction accord.
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The purpose of such scanning is to assure the United States that SS-20 missiles banned by the INF Treaty were no longer being assembled at this facility -- only the intercontinental-range SS-25 missiles not constrained by that pact.
To make room on the 40-man roster, they transferred INF Wilson Betemit (torn right knee ligament) from the 15- to the 60-day DL. ...
The Reds sent INF Neftali Soto to Triple-A Louisville to make room for Cueto.
Gonzalez said the Braves will send INF Tyler Pastornicky to Triple-A Gwinnett to clear a spot for McCann.
Detroit optioned C Ramon Cabrera and INF Dixon Machado to Double-A Erie, and RHP Melvin Mercedes to Class-A Lakeland.
This is doubly true in the absence of a credible, in-place Western theater nuclear deterrent which will be the likely result of the INF Treaty and upcoming negotiations on short-range nuclear arms.
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The purpose of such scanning is to assure the United States that SS-20 missiles banned by the INF Treaty were no longer being assembled at this facility only the intercontinental-range SS-25 missiles not constrained by that pact.
Absent Soviet agreement to such a ban (like the one that ultimately emerged in the INF Treaty with respect to medium-range ballistic missiles), any reductions agreed to in START could be readily circumvented without detection.
As the Reagan-Bush Administration stressed in its defense of the INF Treaty (which prohibited the testing, development, production and deployment of intermediate-range mobile missiles), a complete ban was essential to a verifiable accord governing mobiles.
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Should the United States indeed go that route, it will amount to much more than a strategically costly "do-over" of the INF fight.
Orioles INF prospect Jonathan Schoop will need 6-8 weeks rest after an MRI revealed a stress fracture in his lower back, Orioles VP Dan Duquette said.
The Bush Administration should closely reconsider the adequacy of its on-site inspection demands -- both for the existing INF agreement and for upcoming accords regarding strategic, chemical and conventional forces and nuclear testing.
In 1983, the issue was whether the NATO alliance would proceed with its agreed plan to deploy hundreds of Pershing II ballistic missiles and Ground-Launched Cruise Missiles in five Western European nations (collectively known as Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces or INF).
The purpose of such scanning is to assure the United States that SS-20 missiles banned by the INF Treaty are no longer being assembled at this facility.
The allies had decided such deployments were necessary in the face of the Soviets' massive deployment of their own INF missiles, which the West called SS-20s - formidable weapons armed with three nuclear warheads intended to intimidate and dominate Western Europe.
The Center for Security Policy today asked the Bush Administration to disclose publicly the full extent of Soviet violations of the 1987 INF Treaty in light of two instances of reported non-compliance within the past two weeks.
Even though the American State Department and its counterparts in the basing countries frantically sought an arms control deal that would prevent the INF deployment while leaving in place some number of SS-20s, President Reagan insisted on "the Zero Option": Unless the Soviets agreed verifiably to eliminate all of the latter, NATO would proceed to put in place its off-setting deterrent forces.
To make room on the 40-man roster for Wells, the Yankees released INF David Adams.
In addition, Russia continues to violate its international arms control obligations, including -- but not limited to -- the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, the INF Treaty, the START I Treaty, the Biological Weapons Convention and various chemical weapons conventions.
Yankees INF Kevin Youkilis (lumbar spine sprain) has resumed limited on-field work, playing catch and fielding grounders on the infield grass.
These operations could further increase, particularly with new on-site arms control inspection regimes (such as for INF and START) and with Western relaxation during a period of perceived detente.
The Bush Administration should closely reconsider the adequacy of its on-site inspection demands both for the existing INF agreement and for upcoming accords regarding strategic, chemical and conventional forces and nuclear testing.
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