{"id":40087,"date":"2022-01-10T21:01:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/01\/10\/in-russia-talks-us-floats-deal-to-limit-missiles-and-war-games\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:51:12","slug":"in-russia-talks-us-floats-deal-to-limit-missiles-and-war-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/01\/10\/in-russia-talks-us-floats-deal-to-limit-missiles-and-war-games\/","title":{"rendered":"In Russia talks, US floats deal to limit missiles and war games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2015 In talks with Russia <\/a>on Monday, U.S. officials raised the possibility of limiting missile deployments in Eastern Europe and the size and scope of its military exercises, if Russia reciprocates, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told reporters afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sherman met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Monday in the first of three sets of bilateral meetings set for this week. NATO<\/a> talks with Russia follow, and then talks between Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe \u2015 which are expected to touch on the American proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn missile deployments and exercises, we put some ideas on the table,\u201d Sherman told reporters on a State Department-organized conference call. \u201cI\u2019m not going to go through any specifics. We will of course be consulting with our partners and allies over the next few days about some of those ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sherman stressed that the talks were preliminary and not detailed negotiations. She also reiterated the Biden administration\u2019s promise that no decisions would be made in the talks without Ukraine or NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the U.S. on Monday made clear to Russia that it is \u201copen to discussing certain missile systems,\u201d along the lines of the defunct Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty<\/a> with Russia, said Sherman. The Trump administration withdrew from the treaty in 2019, five years after the U.S. first accused Russia of violating it with its 9M729<\/a> ground-launched cruise missile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, the U.S. Army announced in 2020 its selection<\/a> of two ground-launched, midrange missiles which would have been prohibited under INF. Lockheed Martin won a sole-source contract worth $339 million to design, develop, and deliver the Mid-Range Capability<\/a> prototype to be fielded in fiscal year 2023, based on the Navy SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October, the U.S. Army, unbound by INF, tested<\/a> its Lockheed-made Precision Strike Missile missile at a range beyond 499 kilometers.<\/p>\n\n\n\t