"The threat of a renewed global nuclear arms race came a little closer to reality as the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia expired at midnight GMT on Thursday. The New START pact and its predecessors had for decades imposed limits on the world's two largest nuclear arsenals. It lapsed at midnight GMT or 7 p.m. EST, according to the United Nations, without an agreement to extend it."
"The US and Russia, the world's two largest nuclear powers, will now no longer be bound by upper limits for their strategic nuclear arsenals. Russia, however, pledged to act responsibly while warning it would take "decisive" measures if its security were threatened, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said on Wednesday. Washington has not announced plans to adhere to the treaty's limits beyond the deadline."
The New START treaty between the United States and Russia expired at midnight GMT, ending decades-long limits on the two countries' strategic nuclear arsenals. The treaty had capped deployed strategic nuclear warheads at 1,550 for each side. With the lapse, neither country is now bound by upper limits on strategic arsenals. Russia pledged to act responsibly and warned it would take decisive measures if its security were threatened. The United States has not announced plans to continue adhering to treaty limits beyond the deadline. President Trump said an extension "sounded like a good idea" but insisted future deals include China, which Beijing rejects and Moscow deems unnecessary.
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