Russia Is Beefing Up Its Nuclear Weapons In The Arctic At The Worst Possible Moment
Terrell Jermaine Starr
Yesterday 2:36pmFiled to: Russia
Russia has deployed 215 more nuclear warheads than allowed by the New START treaty, setting itself up to violate a provision that goes into effect next year. Surely this will end well.
New START allows 1,500 deployed warheads, with that goal supposed to be reached in February 2018, and it’s designed to help both the U.S. and Russia know what each country has as far as its stockpiles. It also allows verification to ensure both nations are honoring their obligations, with on-site inspections and data exchanges are required. The regime is extremely intrusive and, arguably, has helped avoid another Cold War, if you consider how unstable relations would be if neither Washington nor Moscow knew what the other country had.
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/russia-is-beefing-up-its-nuclear-weapons-in-the-arctic-1795054631
