NATO chief says nuclear buildup unlikely despite US threats

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he does not expect a nuclear buildup in Europe, despite U.S. threats to pull out of a Cold War-era missile agreement over allegations that Russia is violating it.
The U.S. says that Russia’s 9M729 missile system contravenes the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and NATO allies agree that is probably the case.
The pact between Moscow and Washington bans an entire class of weapons — all land-based cruise an