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New START treaty
Why is it in news?
- Russia give its nod to extend the new START treaty.
- It is the last remaining nuclear Russia-U.S. arms control treaty.
New START treaty:
- The New START treaty which came into force in 2011 was about to lapse in February 2021.
- The present treaty is successor to the START framework of 1991.
- It cuts long-range U.S. and Russian nuclear arms, and provides for on-site inspections by the two sides.
- Its end would further unravel the arms control framework that has governed the nuclear competition between the U.S. and Russia.
- US wants to continue with the treaty but by including China into the group, as Trump administration fears that China will more than double its nuclear arsenal over the next decade.