US, Russia remain at ‘impasse’ over Open Skies treaty flights

Defense News: The United States and Russia continue to be at odds with each other over a military verification treaty, to the point where no flights have been conducted in 2018.

The latest issue with the Open Skies Treaty came to light earlier this week, with Russian officials saying the U.S. has refused to clear its planes for overflight of U.S. territory. Under the treaty, 34 countries, including both the U.S. and Russia, agree to allow unarmed surveillance flights over their territory to provide information gathering about military forces.

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