New #ArmsRace looms as clock ticks down on last #Russia - #US #nuclear treaty
The last nuclear treaty between Russia & the US 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, considered the closest the world ever came to intentional #NuclearWar, was aimed at reducing the chance of a catastrophic nuclear exchange.
Unless Washington & Moscow reach a last-minute understanding of some kind, the world's two biggest #nuclear powers will be left without any limits for the first time in more than half a century when the New START treaty expires.
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said #Putin had discussed the issue in a video call on Wednesday with #China President #Xi Jinping and told him that Moscow would act "carefully & responsibly".
Moscow has a record of acting "carefully & responsibly". 🤡
Nonilex
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