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October 2019 - United States Special Weapons News
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- Trump Reportedly Signs Document Signalling US' Intention to Withdraw From Open Skies Treaty Sputnik 27 Oct 2019 -- The yet-unconfirmed move would mark yet another blow to the framework of confidence building measures that were put in place in the immediate aftermath of the cold war.
- Report: Trump Signs Document Moving U.S. Closer To Leaving Open Skies Accord RFE/RL 27 Oct 2019 -- The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a document signaling his administration's intent to withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies, the latest in a series of major arms control and disarmament accords that are on the verge of collapse.
- 50 US Nuclear Bombs at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey Essentially 'Hostage' – Report Sputnik 16 Oct 2019 -- US Officials are reviewing plans to evacuate up to 50 nuclear bombs that have long been stored at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey in the wake of Ankara's military offensive in northern Syria, according to a report from the New York Times.
- U.S. Lawmaker Calls White House Plan To Withdraw From Open Skies Treaty 'Reckless' RFE/RL 08 Oct 2019 -- A top U.S. congressional Democratic lawmaker says President Donald Trump's administration is looking at withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty, the latest in a series of major arms-control and disarmament accords that are on the verge of collapse.
- Senator Engel Concerned Over Reports of White House Plans to Abandon Open Skies Treaty - Letter Sputnik 08 Oct 2019 -- The Treaty on Open Skies allows participants to carry out aerial surveillance as part of a program of scheduled observation flights, with the aim of gathering information about military forces.
- Engel Denounces Trump Administration Potential Plans to Withdraw from Open Skies Treaty U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs 07 Oct 2019 -- Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today decried the Trump Administration's reported plans to withdraw the United States from the Open Skies Treaty. In a letter to White House National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, Chairman Engel underscored that withdrawal would be a gift to Russia and a blow to United States national security interests, endangering Ukraine and other key European allies.
- US tests ICBM after North Korea missile launch Press TV 03 Oct 2019 -- The United States military has test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) shortly after North Korea unveiled a strategic missile.
- AFGSC tests Minuteman III missile with launch from Vandenberg AFB US Air Force 02 Oct 2019 -- A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at 1:13 a.m. PST Oct. 2, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
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