What is the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty?
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan signed the INF treaty in 1987 The arms control deal banned all nuclear and nonnuclear missiles with short and medium ranges, except sea-launched weapons The US had been concerned by the Soviet deployment of the SS-20 missile system and responded by placing Pershing and Cruise missiles in Europe — sparking widespread protests In 2007, Russian president Vladimir Putin declared the treaty no longer served Russia’s interests. The move came after the US withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002