US-Russia nuclear treaty expires

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Fears of a nuclear arms race rise as New START expires
The Feb. 5 expiration of the last key U.S.-Russia arms-control agreement, combined with uncertainty about the U.S. commitment to defend European allies, has U.S. lawmakers and former officials worried...

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Expiry of nuclear weapons pact between US and Russia risks new arms race
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A New Nuclear Arms Race Could “Spiral” as Last U.S.-Russia Treaty Expires: Dr. Ira Helfand
The end of the START: US and Russia no longer have limits on their nuclear arsenals
The last remaining bilateral treaty between the United States and Russia limiting strategic nuclear arms expires on Thursday, leaving the two countries with no control over their nuclear arsenals.

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US-Russia nuclear treaty expires as warnings grow of new arms race
Terrifying new arms race threatens to explode with no limits on warheads as US-Russia nuclear weapons treaty expires
A key nuclear weapons treaty is ending. It’s a sign of Russia’s eroding superpower status
In 2010, then-US President Barack Obama and his briefly empowered Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, did just that, agreeing the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), which was hailed at the...

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As US-Russia nuclear pact nears expiry, expert warn the onus is on Washington to avert an unconstrained arms race
Russia won't be provoked into arms race after nuclear treaty expires, Ryabkov says
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Countdown to an Arms Race

The last significant nuclear-arms-control treaty is about to expire, and Trump isn’t putting anything in its place.

The US-Russia nuclear treaty expires today. Should the world be worried?

The final nuclear weapons treaty between the US and Russia, New Start, has come to an end. Signed in 2010, this agreement put limits on the number of atomic weapons that both countries could test and maintain.
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Does Trump's nuclear testing raise the stakes - or are we already in an arms race?

President Donald Trump has announced the US will start testing nuclear weapons in what could be a radical shift in his nation's policy. "Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear ...
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Are we entering a new nuclear arms race?

For many people who grew up during the Cold War era, the fear of a nuclear clash between the U.S. and the Soviet Union was very real. But after the Soviet Union fell, that nuclear escalation ratcheted down, at least in the United States. Now, however, a ...

A New Nuclear Age Beckons as Clock Ticks Down on Last Russia-US Arms Deal

The last nuclear treaty ‌between ​Russia and the United States is due ‌to expire within hours, raising the risk of a new arms race in which China will ​also play a key role. The web of arms control deals negotiated in the decades since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis,