Thus, we now have four different Russian ground-launched cruise missiles, two revealed in U.S. government sources and two reported in both the Russian and Western press, which have reported ranges that violate the INF Treaty.
I was wrong to not worry about that loophole in the New START Treaty.
In my defense, this was before 2014 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine demonstrated that Putin really is addled enough to think the West is plotting against Russia.
Now, if those cruise missiles are armed with nuclear warheads, the Russians can target more of Europe without using any of their longer range ICBMs reserved for America.
And Russia can target China with more nukes. Will China respond with more nukes that can be used against America, too?
Never allow any loophole for the Russians. They see them as an invitation.
