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WASHINGTON (AP) — A landmark arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia expired Friday after months in which neither side made serious efforts to preserve a Cold War-era agreement that did not cover an emerging China or evolving missile technology that did not exist a generation ago.

The Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty came to an end with the U.S. announcing that in the coming weeks it planned to test a new missile that would have been prohibited under the accord, which was signed in 1987. Its demise comes amid rising doubts about whether the two countries will extend an agreement on long-range nuclear weapons scheduled to expire in 2021.