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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Donald Trump seeks new nuclear deal with Russia, rejects extending New START
US President Donald Trump on Friday rejected an offer from Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin proposing a voluntary extension of recently-expired limits on the deployment of strategic nuclear weapons. Trump stated that he wants negotiators from both countries to sit down and plan out a new agreement, calling the old treaty “badly negotiated”. "Rather than extend NEW START (A badly negotiated deal by the United States that, aside from everything …
US President Donald Trump called on his social network Truth Social on Thursday for a new nuclear arms limitation agreement with Russia, after the 2010 New START treaty, which limited the number of strategic nuclear warheads of the US and Russia, expired on the same day.
After the end of the "New START" treaty with Russia on the reduction of strategic nuclear weapons, the US is planning a follow-up agreement.
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