Russia to develop new missile systems

Russia has announced plans to develop new types of missile systems in the next two years after Washington and Moscow pulled out of a key arms control treaty.

File: Russian missile systems fire during a military exercise at a training ground at the Luzhsky Range, near St. Petersburg, Russia Source: AAP

Russia's defence minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday said the country must develop new types of missile systems in the next two years after Washington and Moscow ripped up a key arms control treaty.

The United States has repeatedly accused Russia of violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) agreement and on Friday President Donald Trump said Washington was starting a process to withdraw from the treaty in six months.

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