US nuclear review to provide options for Russia's INF Treaty compliance

摘要

The Pentagon's ongoing Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) will consider how to address Russia's reported violation of a deal barring intermediate-range weapons. 'We've been asked to include a set of options' into the NPR to respond to Russia violating the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, US Air Force General Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Congress on 8 March. Secretary of Defense Jim Mat-tis in January was directed to begin an NPR to report on the overall US nuclear deterrent.