Russia and China have condemned the US and accused it of ratcheting up global tensions after it tested a ground-launched cruise missile, just two weeks after pulling out of a cold war-era arms treaty that banned the development of such weapons.<\/p>\n
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov condemned the latest US missile launch, but said Moscow was not looking to start a new arms race, and would not deploy any new missiles unless the US did first.<\/p>\n
Moscow said the test proved its claim that President Donald Trump\u2019s administration had long planned to pull out of the treaty in order to develop new medium-range missiles that, it said, presented a threat to Russia if deployed in Europe or Asia.<\/p>\n
Beijing also attacked the US for provocative behaviour, warning that the missile test could lead to \u201canother round of the arms race\u201d, and have a \u201cserious negative impact\u201d on international and regional security.<\/p>\n
The ground-launched missile, a conventionally-configured version of the nuclear-capable Tomahawk cruise missile, hit its target after over 500 kilometres of flight during Monday\u2019s test, according to Pentagon.<\/p>\n
Ground-launched versions of the missile had been removed from service decades ago, after the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty was signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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