The New York Times is reporting that the United States and Russia may be left without nuclear arms limitation treaties, which would allow the two countries to expand their nuclear arsenals without limits. President Trump pulled the United States out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces agreement. Now a Russian arms official says there may not be enough time to renegotiate and replace another more important nuclear agreement, the New START treaty, before it expires in early 2021.
NYT: Major U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Treaty Could Expire Without Being Replaced
HeadlineNov 04, 2019