Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Russia, U.S. Release Latest Nuclear Weapons Counts

The Russian military conducts a test launch of the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk province toward the Kura Missile Test Range in Kamchatka province during the Strategic Offensive Force Management Training in this footage published December 9, 2020.  

Newsweek: Russia, U.S. Release Latest Nuclear Weapons Counts as Moscow-NATO Ties Collapse  

Russia and the United States have released their latest nuclear weapons count at a time when ties between Moscow and the U.S.-led NATO military alliance were in freefall. 

The Russian Foreign Ministry published on Monday its latest report on "the total number of strategic offensive arms," a tally required every six months by both Moscow and Washington as per their bilateral New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) that entered into force in 2011. 

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WNU Editor: The U.S. released their numbers early this month .... Biden administration reveals number of nuclear weapons in US stockpile (CNN). As for U.S. - Russia nuclear negotiations, they are still at a standstill .... Russia to discuss tactical nuclear weapons only after US removes them from Europe — envoy (TASS), but they are still talking .... Russian-US dialogue on strategic stability develops in right direction — envoy (TASS).

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