US missile test stoking tensions: Russia

By Tom Balmforth
Updated August 20 2019 - 5:53pm, first published 5:50pm
The US has tested a missile banned for more than 30 years under a treaty with Russia it has exited.
The US has tested a missile banned for more than 30 years under a treaty with Russia it has exited.

Russia has accused the United States of stoking military tensions by testing a ground-launched cruise missile, but said it would not be drawn into an arms race, TASS news agency reports.

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