US formally withdraws from Open Skies Treaty that bolstered European security [View all]

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Source: CNN

The 1992 treaty allows the 34 member countries to conduct short notice, unarmed, reconnaissance flights over the other countries to collect data on their military forces and activities.

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The US has also accused Russia of denying flights within 6.2 miles of the Georgia-Russia border, and denying a previously approved flight over a major Russian military exercise.

"Russia didn't adhere to the treaty, so until they adhere, we will pull out," Trump told reporters outside the White House in May.

America's European allies, however, value the treaty, as it gives them the ability to collect aerial reconnaissance information that they would not necessarily have access to outside of the treaty.


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/22/politics/us-withdrawal-open-skies/index.html

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