Pentagon Conducts First Post-INF Cruise Missile Launch

Credit: U.S. Department of Defense
On Aug. 18, the Pentagon conducted a successful flight test of a ground-launched conventional cruise missile with a range of more than 500 km (300 mi.)—a weapon previously banned under the now-defunct Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The launch occurred at San Nicolas Island...

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