Tag: New START

UK Won’t Be Deterred by Putin’s Nuclear Threats, National Security Adviser Says

The UK will not be deterred from supporting Ukraine by Russia’s nuclear threats and will push back against “reckless escalation language,” national security adviser Sir Tim Barrow said on Wednesday. Speaking to lawmakers at a National Security Strategy Joint Committee hearing, Barrow said allies need to ramp up support for Ukraine so it can defend…


NATO Chief Warns of China’s Expanding Nuclear Arsenal and Silos

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg sounded the alarm over China’s increasing nuclear capabilities on Sept. 6, while calling on Beijing to join international efforts to limit nuclear arms. “China’s nuclear arsenal is rapidly expanding with more warheads and more sophisticated delivery systems,” he said. “Moreover, China is building a large number of missile silos, which…


Pompeo: Biden Administration Ignored China Nuclear Threat When Extending Russia Arms Pact

The Biden administration lost all leverage for convincing Russia to work on bringing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) into a nuclear arms control pact when it extended the New START treaty with Moscow, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview aired on Feb. 4. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Feb….


Pompeo: Biden Admin Forgot About China Nuclear Threat When Extending Arms Pact With Russia

The administration of President Joe Biden lost all leverage for convincing Russia to work on bringing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) into a nuclear arms control pact when it extended the New START treaty with Moscow, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview aired on Feb. 4. Secretary of State Antony Blinken…


US Extends Nuclear Treaty With Russia for 5 Years

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Feb. 3 that the United States has extended the last remaining nuclear weapons treaty with Russia for five years. The New START treaty, which came into force in 2011, limits the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads held by each nation to 1,550 and the number of deployed…


Russia’s Putin Signs Law Extending Nuclear Arms Control Treaty with US by 5 Years

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a law extending the New START nuclear arms control treaty, the last major pact of its kind between Russia and the United States, by five years, the Kremlin said in a statement. Russia’s lower and upper houses of parliament voted unanimously to ratify the extension on Wednesday. Russia…


Biden Seeks 5-Year Extension of Nuke Treaty With Russia: Pentagon

President Joe Biden made a decision to propose to Russia a five-year extension of the New START treaty that limits the number of U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear weapons, John Kirby, chief Pentagon spokesman said in a statement on Thursday. The treaty, which restricts the United States and Russia to deploying no more than 1,550…