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US, Russia extend nuclear arms control treaty for five more years Blinken added that extending the New START Treaty ensures the US has verifiable limits on Russian ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers until February 5, 2026
The United States on Wednesday extended the nuclear arms control treaty known as the New START with Russia for the next five years. "Today, the United States took the first step toward making good on that pledge when it extended the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) Treaty with the Russian Federation for five years," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.
Blinken added that extending the New START Treaty ensures the US has verifiable limits on Russian ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers until February 5, 2026. "The New START Treaty's verification regime enables us to monitor Russian compliance with the treaty and provides us with greater insight into Russia's nuclear posture, including through data exchanges and onsite inspections that allow US inspectors to have eyes on Russian nuclear forces and facilities," he said. Blinken stated that "during times of tension", verifiable limits on Russia's intercontinental-range nuclear weapons are vitally important. "Extending the New START Treaty makes the United States, U.S. allies and partners, and the world safer. An unconstrained nuclear competition would endanger us all," the US top diplomat said further....