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| Vladimir Putin says Russia will develop new weapons systems if US does the same | Vladimir Putin says Russia will develop new weapons systems if US does the same |
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| Russia's Vladimir Putin has said the US is ready to develop new weapons systems in response to other countries doing the same, and said that if America pulls out of a treaty on intermediate-range nuclear weapons, Moscow will do likewise. | Russia's Vladimir Putin has said the US is ready to develop new weapons systems in response to other countries doing the same, and said that if America pulls out of a treaty on intermediate-range nuclear weapons, Moscow will do likewise. |
| Mr Putin said Russia will adhere to a landmark Cold War-era arms control treaty for as long as the US sticks to it. | Mr Putin said Russia will adhere to a landmark Cold War-era arms control treaty for as long as the US sticks to it. |
| He also noted Moscow is ready to develop new weapons systems, both nuclear and non-nuclear, in response to other countries doing the same but did not specifically mention the US in that part of his comments. | He also noted Moscow is ready to develop new weapons systems, both nuclear and non-nuclear, in response to other countries doing the same but did not specifically mention the US in that part of his comments. |
| The Russian leader was speaking at the Valdai forum of international policy experts in Sochi, Russia. | The Russian leader was speaking at the Valdai forum of international policy experts in Sochi, Russia. |
| He said Russia has adhered to agreed upon obligations under the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which eliminated all short and intermediate-range - going from 500 to 5000 km - nuclear and conventional missiles. | |
| It did not cover sea-launched missiles, however, and Mr Putin contended that because Russia's Navy and Air Force did not have the capability at the time it was basically "unilateral disarmament" to favour the US. | |
| Russia has since developed such cruise missiles for its Navy ships. | |
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