USA threat about “taking out” Russian missiles

“They are building a medium-range ballistic missile in violation of the INF. That is a fact which we have proven,”

Asked what type of countermeasures the US and NATO would pursue in the face of the Russian violation, Hutchison said “the countermeasures would be to take out the missiles that are in development by Russia in violation of the treaty.”…..

Later on Tuesday Hutchinson said she “was not talking about preemptively striking Russia” when she said the US would have to “take out” the Russian missiles…..https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/02/politics/us-threatens-russia-missiles-nuclear-treaty/index.html