that s about how that went. there is also building concern tonight about the possibility of some sort of new arms race with russia. for the first time in decades the u.s. has tested an intermediate range cruise missile the first such test since the administration withdrew from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. the actual missile took off faster than this one. had the inf treaty still been in effect sunday s test would have been considered a violation. russia s state news agency today called the launch, quote, regrettable. the test comes just days after an explosion at a russian missile test site we covered here that killed at least seven people, an event we are still struggling to gather information on. u.s. officials suspect it was caused by nuclear missile testing. the former commander of nato says these mounting tensions have him concerned.
intermediate range cruise missile the first such test since the administration withdrew from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. the actual missile took off faster than this one. effect sunday s test would have been considered a violation. russia s state news agency today called the launch, quote, regrettable. the test comes just days after an explosion at a russian missile test site we covered here that killed at least seven people, an event we are still struggling to gather information on. u.s. officials suspect it was caused by nuclear missile testing. the former commander of nato says these mounting tensions have him concerned. you see both nations, russia and the united states, testing and pushing new variants. it is really going to put us in a pattern of escalation. we do need to draw a line under the fact that russia created this situation. by cheating on the inf treaty. in the meantime the new york
i m glad i m getting with it. the russians insist there is no radiation threat after a deadly explosion at a missile test site. yet somehow, four nuclear monitoring sites have mysteriously gone quiet. cnn is live in moscow.
i think it s much more appropriate to have russia in. it should be the g-8 because a lot of the things we talk about have to do with russia. welcome back. that was president trump today expressing support for russia returning to the g-8. it s not the first time he has said this. it s not the first time that he s pushed for more normalized relations with russia. but this time it is happening as there are concerns about a renewed arms race with russia for the first time in decades. the u.s. military has test add intermediate range cruise missile. the department of defense released this slow motion of the missile which fell 300 miles to hit its target. that launch was banned by the cold war era treaty signed by reagan and gorbachev in 19 7 but the u.s. pulled out earlier this month. the u.s. test comes days after an explosion at a russian missile test site, an explosion
well, now almost 20 years ago vladimir putin is still president and there seems to be no plan for russia ever having another one after him. but now this something this summer something quite reminiscent of that kursk disaster appears to have happened again. twice. first time was last month. another nuclear submarine disaster. 14 russian sailors killed and deja vu that accident was not announced until 24 hours after it occurred. it took three whole days for vladimir putin to admit that a fire had taken place aboard a nuclear-powered sub. still next to no information has been released about the condition of the nuclear reactor on board that sub. that was in july. that was just last month. then a week and a half ago, we learned of another incident. this time some sort of an explosion at a missile test site. russia s military initially said nothing about it being an incident with any nuclear implications, they just described the thing that blew up