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Pentagon chief Mark Esper said that the United States intends to increase the number of medium and short-range missiles and improve missile defense to counter Russia and China.

According to RIA News, Esper, speaking at the Atlantic Council in Washington, noted that the Chinese and the Russians have developed an extensive network of medium-range ballistic missiles. Moreover, according to the Secretary of Defense, Russia did this in violation of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty).

Esper also said that, in the United States, initiatives are being prepared to contain Russia and China. So, according to him, Washington plans to strengthen allied relations with other countries, as well as to modernize the arms trade…

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