"'Russia currently possesses weapons capable of wiping out any country, or even completely destroying the entire planet.'"
"'Moscow is playing the role of peacemaker,' Zhuravlev told Russian online news outlet news.ru."
"Daniel Holz, a member of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, warned that the world has never been closer to Doomsday than it is today, fearing that the end of New START will trigger 'a runaway nuclear arms race' involving multiple countries."
The New START treaty expired at midnight, ending limits and verification that had capped each side at 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads and 700 delivery platforms. The treaty had allowed mutual inspections and data sharing to increase transparency. With the treaty lapsed, both the United States and Russia can build and deploy additional strategic warheads and delivery systems without binding limits or verification requirements. Russian officials blamed the United States and warned of catastrophic destructive capability, while U.S. demands to include China in any extension were cited as an obstacle. Experts warn the lapse increases the risk of an accelerated nuclear arms race.
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