US EditionNew START treaty expires; Trump seeks new nuclear arms pact
Trump rejects voluntary extension of New START treaty, seeking a new agreement including China amid rising nuclear tensions and warnings of increased arms race risks.
- On Thursday, the New START Treaty expired, ending legal limits on U.S. and Russian arsenals and marking the first time since 1972 there are no caps on nearly 90% of the world's nuclear weapons.
- Rejecting a one-year extension offered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump cited Russia's suspended inspections and the treaty's single-extension rule, pushing instead for a new pact including China.
- Under New START, each side was limited to 1,550 deployed warheads and 800 delivery systems, while inspection and verification regimes built trust; analysts warn this lapse risks rapid warhead increases.
- Moscow expressed regret on Thursday over the treaty's expiration, while U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned, `This dissolution of decades of achievement could not come at a worse time, the risk of a nuclear weapon being used is the highest in decades.`
- China is estimated to have at least 600 warheads, and arms-control campaigners warn the expiry of New START could trigger a new arms race, with the Bulletin highlighting rising nuclear risks.
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Don't restart New START
The last nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia has expired, and that’s a good thing. Former President Barack Obama and others have decried the end of the New START Treaty, warning that it could “pointlessly wipe out decades of diplomacy” and “spark another arms race.” But that arms race is already hurtling along, and America is being left behind. Obama’s bleating advice should be rejected. The New START Treaty betwe…
Trump wants new long-term nuclear deal with Russia and China
Trump’s remarks rejected a proposal from Russian President Vladimir Putin to extend the agreement for one additional year. By Vered Weiss, World Israel News President Donald Trump on Thursday urged negotiators to draft a new nuclear arms agreement rather than revive limits that had governed US and Russian deployments for more than two decades, after the last remaining pact between the two countries expired. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote…
On Thursday, the US President rejected an extension of the current nuclear weapons disarmament treaty. Instead, a "modernized" treaty should be concluded, Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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