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New START Treaty

January 23, 2021

The US President Joe Biden recently proposed to extend New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) Treaty by five years. Russia has welcomed the proposal. Key Features of New START Treaty The New START Treaty was signed between United States and Russia in 2010 in Prague (capital of Czech Republic). It entered into force in 2011. ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: Arms Race • Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty • New START • New START Treaty • Nuclear arms race • Nuclear weapons • SORT • US-Russia

Nuclear Warheads and Modernising Arsenals

June 18, 2019

The 2019 Yearbook of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) makes the following observations: The worldwide total of nuclear warheads has decreased since 2018 and the countries are modernising their nuclear arsenals. Nine nuclear-armed countries (including India) had a total of some 13,865 nuclear weapons at the start of 2019, which is a decrease ..

Topics: China • France • israel • New START Treaty • North Korea • nuclear warheads • Pakistan • Russia • SIPRI • Stockholm International Peace Research Institute • UK • US