Should the United States indeed go that route, it will amount to much more than a strategically costly "do-over" of the INF fight.
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.
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.
GLCM's were eventually scrapped as part of the terms of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed between the United States and the former Soviet Union.
The Reds sent INF Neftali Soto to Triple-A Louisville to make room for Cueto.
To make room on the 40-man roster for Wells, the Yankees released INF David Adams.
The Mets optioned INF Wilmer Flores and reassigned RHP Carlos Torres and INF Josh Satin to minor league camp.
Reliever Joba Chamberlain threw 28 pitches in batting practice, with one going above and behind the head of INF Eduardo Nunez.
Gonzalez said the Braves will send INF Tyler Pastornicky to Triple-A Gwinnett to clear a spot for McCann.
Verification concerns prompted the United States and its NATO allies to insist that the agreement eliminate all INF-range missiles.
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. ...
Yankees INF Kevin Youkilis was out of the starting lineup for the third straight game with lower back tightness.
Notes: INF Jordany Valdespin arrived in camp, leaving INF Wilfredo Tovar and RHP Jenrry Mejia are the lone players not in camp.
New York 1B Mark Teixeira (wrist) and INF Kevin Youkilis (lumbar spine sprain) faced six minor league pitchers in a simulated game at the team complex in Tampa, Fla.
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