A handout still image from a video footage made available July 2018 by the Russian Defensc Ministry on its official YouTube page shows the Russian Avangard hypersonic strategic missile system equipped with a gliding hypersonic manoeuvring warhead [Russian Defence Ministry Press Service)
Reuters: Russia says it's ready for hypersonic missile talks with U.S.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is ready to discuss hypersonic missiles and other arms control issues with the United States as part of wider discussions about strategic stability, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Cold War-era arms control agreements have been in jeopardy as Russia’s relations with the West have soured in recent years.
In August 2019, the United States pulled out of a landmark strategic arms accord, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), citing Russian non-compliance.
Both countries are developing hypersonic missiles to expand their defence capabilities, with Russian President Vladimir Putin overseeing a test in Crimea in early January.
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Update: Russia ready for hypersonic missile talks with US, says Lavrov (Al Jazeera).
WNU Editor: Not going to happen. The priority in the U.S. right now is the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The last thing on anyone's mind in Washington is to have arms control discussions with Russia.
