Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – International Relations
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The Russian President has proposed to extend the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) by one year.
It is a Treaty between the USA and Russia expiring in February 2021.
Key takeaways
It is a treaty on measures for the further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms.
It came into force on 5th February, 2011.
It is a successor to the START framework of 1991 (at the end of the Cold War) that limited both sides to 1,600 strategic delivery vehicles and 6,000 warheads.
It continues the process of verifiably reducing the USA and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals by limiting both sides to 700 strategic launchers and 1,550 warheads.
It will expire in February 2021 unless extended for five more years.
