missiles facing toward europe. that is not a good thing. ambassadors from russia and china called for security council meeting in new york yesterday, blaming the u.s. for starting a new arms race. esper says china is also a new reason that the u.s. walked away from the treaty. we want to make sure that, as we need to, we want to deter attorneys by being her bite being able to strike at an intermediate range. china was never a party to the inf treaty, giving them decades to build up a large arsenal of intermediate-range missiles. melissa? melissa: thank you so much. in the meantime, world leaders hoping for no drama at the g7 summit as president trump gets set to travel to france. the president has made some headlines recently, suggesting among other things that russia be readmitted into the group. and spying with denmark over wanting to buy greenland. he has been outspoken on his support for a no-deal brexit.
and to undertake comprehensive measures to prepare the symmetric response. putin ordered the tit for tat after the pentagon release this video showing the tomahawk cruise missile, which for decades has been deployed aboard u.s. warships and submarines. recall the 1987 inf treaty only covered land-based missiles in this range. but putin believes the launcher you see here could be deployed to romania and poland, within striking distance of moscow. the u.s. has any deployment there would only be for defensie purposes, to shoot on rest and ballistic missiles. an exclusive interview with the new defense secretary, my colleague jennifer griffin asked mark esper about russia s alleged violations of the treat treaty. the united states was in compliance with the inf treaty up to the day we left it, which was august 2nd of 3 weeks ago. russia was in noncompliance for many years, going back to the obama administration. right now, russia has popular nuclear-tipped inf cruise-range
so, give that just saw a puppy look and whatever that look is. look like you with fewer lines. own your look with the one and only botox® cosmetic. melissa: russian president vladimir putin ordering his military to prepare for a response after the u.s. carried out a cruise missile test that was previously banned under a defunct u.s.-russia treaty. lucas tomlinson joins us live from the pentagon with more. lucas? melissa, russia and the u.s. are each blaming each other for the demise of the decades-old inf treaty, which banned ground-based intermediate-range missiles. the u.s. pulls out of the treaty earlier this month. today, president putin responded. translator: i ordered the ministry of defense of the russian federation to analyze the level of the threat for our country, created by the activities of the united states,