Treaty was seen as a major breakthrough in nuclear security when it was ratified by former soviet president mikhail gorbachev and u.s. president ronald reagan in one nine hundred eighty seven it came after a tense period of confrontation in the heart of europe. with very short flight times nuclear annihilation of european capitals was only five to fifteen minutes away trump has said the u.s. will start developing these capabilities again if russia and china don t agree to stop have to develop those weapons unless russia comes to us and china comes to us and they all come to is that they say let s really get smart and let s none of us develop those weapons china is not a signatory of the pact and has been investing heavily in land based missiles now some observers fear it could be joined by russia and the u.s. in a new arms race. let s go right to moscow where our correspondent
Will start developing these capabilities again if russia and china don t agree to stop have to develop those weapons unless russia comes to us and china comes to us and they all come to us and they say let s really get smart and let s none of us develop those weapons china is not a signatory of the pact and has been investing heavily in land based missiles now some observers fear it could be joined by russia and the u.s. in a new arms race. today because emily share with us following the story for us from moscow hi emily good to see you what we actually have you seen there trumps announcement to pull the u.s. out of this through. well of russia is certainly taking this announcement very seriously they ve been warning of dangerous consequences today there s been a statement from the kremlin spokesman who said that the u.s. this u.s. move would actually make the world a more dangerous place but we also have seen from the russian side
Treaty was seen as a major breakthrough in nuclear security when it was ratified by former soviet president mikhail gorbachev and u.s. president ronald reagan in one nine hundred eighty seven it came after a tense period of confrontation in the heart of europe. with very short flight times nuclear annihilation of european capitals was only five to fifteen minutes away trump has said the u.s. will start developing these capabilities again if russia and china don t agree to stop have to develop those weapons unless russia comes to us and china comes to us and they all come to is that they say let s really get smart and let s none of us develop those weapons china is not a signatory of the pact and has been investing heavily in land based missiles now some observers fear it could be joined by russia and the u.s. in a new arms race. gorbachev warned on sunday of the dangers of
U.s. russia relations are there are low worst points ever and that s this announcement is not going to help it of course and then we have to ask ourselves over john bolton is derived person to deescalate because he is known for his hawkish should view on russia on the iran over issues and he was reportedly the one who was pushing for this plan for this was droll behind closed doors in the white house the u.s. has accused russia of violating the treaty on its part has the u.s. stuck to the agreements to all does the terms of the agreement what we know there. is a thinking about producing a ploy. to account for as i said that china s activities and sells china sea but so far the pentagon has only begun research and development into such as
Stop you have to develop these weapons unless russia comes to us or china comes to us and they all come to us and they say let s really get smart and let s none of us develop those weapons china is not a signatory of the pact and has been investing heavily in land based missiles now some observers fear it could be joined by russia and the u.s. in a new arms race gorbachev warned on sunday of the dangers of a political roll back and re nuclearize ation. now some of the other stories making news around the world israel has announced its name the demolition of a palestinian town in the west bank for a few weeks in the hopes of making oshea to a peaceful evacuation with the residents the international criminal court will end that a forced evacuation off the one people in alabama could constitute a war crime. eighteen people have been killed and more than one hundred seventy