Russian suspension of New START latest blow to Biden’s arms control hopes -
In announcing that Russia was no longer bound by the treaty’s limits on nuclear warheads, missiles and launchers, Mr. Putin tried to place the blame on Washington for the effective demise of the last major arms control agreements between the world’s two biggest nuclear powers.
But that has not stopped both Russia and China from continuing the large-scale nuclear force buildups they have pursued in recent years. The Pentagon also is modernizing its nuclear triad with new missiles, bombers, and submarines, leaving the road ahead on arms control highly unclear. Critics said Mr. Biden’s decision to extend the existing treaty in 2021 was taken without seeking concessions from Moscow. So-called tactical nuclear warheads and some of Russia’s new strategic weapons are not covered by the current New START accord.
The administration announced in 2021 that it was reducing the role of nuclear arms in U.S. strategic doctrine while seeking new, enhanced control agreements as a central plank of U.S. national security strategy. The Russian leader’s suspension of New START is the latest setback for that approach.The State Department announced last month that Russia was in violation of the agreement after failing to permit inspections of weapons sites.
The New START breakdown came just days after Mr. Blinken warned China’s government not to supply arms and ammunition to Russia based on indications the Chinese were preparing to supply weaponry to aid Mr. Putin’s troubled war in Ukraine. In August 2019, the Trump administration withdrew from the INF treaty after U.S. intelligence said Moscow had violated the treaty by developing since 2014 and ultimately deploying an offensive, land-based cruise missile known by NATO as SSC-8 with a range of 1,550 miles.
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