The defense Ministry announced the preparation of the US production is prohibited by the contract of rockets
Moscow. 2 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — According to the Russian military, it is conducted for two years.
The United States for two years preparing for the production of intermediate-range and shorter-range, said the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation.
“Washington is still two years before the public unsubstantiated accusations that Russia allegedly violating the INF Treaty not only decided, but also began to prepare for the trade prohibited by the Treaty, the intermediate-range and shorter-range”, — reported in the Ministry.
United States, according to the Russian military, in the summer of 2017 is modernization of the defense plant in Arizona for the production of intermediate-range and shorter-range.
“According to the defense Ministry of Russia irrefutable data, starting from June 2017 at the company military-industrial Corporation “Raytheon” in Tucson (Arizona) launched a program of expansion and modernization of production capacities in order to create a contract prohibited by the INF Treaty of intermediate range missiles,” — said in the defense Ministry.
“This plant is the largest diversified enterprise of rocket-space region of the United States, producing almost all types of missile weapons, — said the military, including cruise missiles, medium-range and shorter-range”.
According to the Ministry, over the last two years “the plant area has increased by 44 per cent, from 55 to 79 thousand square meters, and the number of employees, according to official statements, should increase by almost 2,000 people.”