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August 23, 2019

Russian President Orders "Symmetrical Response" After U.S. Tests New Cruise Missile
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is ordering his military to prepare for
what he called a "symmetrical response" after the U.S. tested what it
said was a nonnuclear cruise missile earlier this week. The U.S. launch
was the first test of its kind since the Trump administration formally
withdrew from the landmark 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
Treaty, the INF, earlier this month.


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