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US And Russia Barrel Toward First Nuclear Arms Race Since Cold War

  • The U.S. and Russia are facing the potential for the first unrestricted nuclear arms race since the Cold War as the New START treaty is set to expire soon.
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a one-year stopgap to maintain missile limits, while U.S. President Donald Trump indicated he would let the treaty expire.
  • Analysts warn that without the treaty, the U.S. could nearly double its nuclear warheads and Russia could add hundreds within a year.
  • A bipartisan Congressional commission warned that the world faces a new threat as two nations will possess nuclear arsenals comparable to that of the U.S., urging leaders to prepare for this challenge.
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The expiration this Thursday of the last remaining nuclear treaty between the United States and Russia has raised fears of a potential nuclear arms race, as the two largest nuclear superpowers have no limits on their arsenals for the first time in decades. “The worst-case scenario is that the situation spirals out of control and then some unforeseen or foreseeable incident triggers a conflict that quickly escalates into a nuclear conflict,” said…

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The nuclear arms race between the US and the Soviet Union in the Cold War is decades back, and now there is a growing concern about a new arms race. Violence against railway employees is also a growing phenomenon – a current case that ended with the death of a 36-year-old train attendant makes stunned.

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Several have warned of the risk of an arms race when the nuclear agreement between the United States and Russia expires on Wednesday.

In 1991, the Soviet Union and the United States signed the "Start One" treaty, which reduced nuclear weapons. 35 years later, nothing prevents the atomic bomb race, even the last treaties signed by the two countries date back to 2010.

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The Free Press (Tampa) broke the news in Tampa, United States on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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