Last arms control treaty limiting U.S., Russian nuclear weapons expires

The last remaining nuclear treaty between the U.S. and Russia has expired, ending decades of arms control between the two countries with the largest nuclear arsenals.

Nuclear Arms Control Era Comes to End Amid Global Rush for New Weapons

Beijing, Moscow and shaken American allies are seeking new warheads as President Trump ends more than a half century of ...

The last US-Russian nuclear pact is about to expire, ending a half-century of arms control

The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States is set to expire this week, removing any caps on ...

Trump’s Indecent Nuclear Proposal

Successive administrations, both Democratic and Republican, went about it in the same basic way: signing deals with Russia ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Expiration of U.S.-Russia nuclear weapons treaty sparks concerns of new arms race

For the first time in more than half a century, there are no limits on the world’s two largest atomic arsenals. The sole ...
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How many nuclear weapons are there in the world and who has the most?

The United States is to resume nuclear weapons testing “immediately”, Donald Trump has announced, raising fears of renewed proliferation between the world’s two biggest stockpiles of atomic weaponry.
New York Post

Eight decades after Hiroshima, nuclear weapons continue to haunt global politics — and the world needs calm, pragmatic debate

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, remains a pivotal and controversial event in modern history. Beyond its immediate impact on World War II, it ushered in the nuclear age, forever ...
Yahoo

Trump’s push to test a nuclear weapon could cost $100 million - just for a single detonation, experts say

President Donald Trump’s call for the United States to resume a nuclear testing program that was shuttered during the George HW Bush administration would require spending astronomical amounts of money ...
UVA Today

For 80 years, nuclear weapons have been the unused threat

In the 80 years since World War II, which ended with the use of two atomic bombs, the world has maintained a tenuous relationship with nuclear weapons. Philip Potter, professor of public policy at the ...