Moscow: US and Russia 'No Longer Bound' by New START Limits as Treaty Set to Expire - Lemmy.ca

>The New START treaty caps the number of nuclear warheads each side can deploy at 1,550 and limits the number of deployed and non-deployed strategic launchers to 800. The Russian ministry’s statement noted that President Vladimir Putin had offered a mutual agreement to maintain those limits for another year to make room for diplomacy to negotiate a new treaty, but the Trump administration hasn’t responded to the proposal. >Arms control experts have warned [https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2026-01/focus/nuclear-disarmament-acta-non-verba] that the expiration of the treaty without a replacement or an agreement on maintaining its limits will likely lead to an increase in the deployment of nuclear weapons and spark a new arms race. > >Polling shows that American voters overwhelmingly support [https://news.antiwar.com/2026/02/01/poll-vast-majority-of-americans-want-trump-to-accept-putins-offer-on-new-start-treaty/] the idea of Trump accepting Putin’s offer to maintain the New START limits and want the US and Russia to negotiate a new deal that either maintains those restrictions or results in a reduction of nuclear weapons.