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MOSCOW \u2014 Russia challenged U.S. compliance with a key nuclear arms control treaty Monday and warned that the Trump administration\u2019s new nuclear strategy<\/a> lowers the threshold for using atomic weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dire assessment came as Moscow said it has met its own requirements under the New START agreement that was signed in 2010 and entered into force a year later. It restricts both the U.S. and Russia to 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads on a maximum of 700 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles and strategic bombers. The deadline to verify both countries\u2019 compliance was Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Russian Foreign Ministry said it now has 527 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles and strategic bombers. It gave a tally of 1,444 strategic nuclear warheads. The U.S. reported it has been in compliance with the limits since August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia acknowledged the U.S. position on meeting the targets, but voiced concern about the U.S. reconfiguring some submarines and bombers to carry conventional weapons<\/a>. The Foreign Ministry said it doesn\u2019t have a way to confirm the reconfigured hardware was rendered incapable of carrying nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington also \u201carbitrarily converted\u201d some underground missile launch sites into training facilities, which wasn\u2019t spelled out in the treaty, the ministry said. It urged the U.S. work with Russia to resolve such matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. State Department insisted America was fully adhering to the deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo meet the central limits of the treaty, the United States developed and utilized conversion procedures in full compliance with its treaty obligations,\u201d it said, adding it would cooperate with Russia to \u201caddress technical questions and issues related to the ongoing implementation of New START.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this May 9, 2016, file photo, Russian Tu-22M-3 long-range bombers fly during the Victory Day military parade in Red Square in Moscow. Russia says it has met the nuclear arsenal limits of a key arms control treaty but has some issues with U.S. compliance. Monday, Feb. 5, 2018 was the deadline to verify compliance by both the United States and Russia with the New START treaty signed in 2010. (Pavel Golovkin\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Russia-U.S. ties have been miserable for several years, but nuclear weapons reduction has been a strong point. The former Cold War foes have clashed most notably over Russia\u2019s conduct in Ukraine, the Syrian civil war and allegations Moscow meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The Trump administration\u2019s pivot to a new nuclear strategy could now affect arms control cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, the Trump administration announced it would continue much of President Barack Obama\u2019s nuclear policy, while adopting a more aggressive stance toward Russia. Russia must be convinced it would face \u201cunacceptably dire costs\u201d for threatening even a limited nuclear attack in Europe, the new policy states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a more positive note, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres congratulated the U.S. and Russia on successfully reducing their strategic nuclear forces to the required level and urged both countries to engage in further arms reductions, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe secretary-general stresses that at a time when global anxieties about nuclear weapons are higher than at any time since the Cold War, efforts in nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation and arms control are more vital than ever,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pentagon-led review made clear the administration\u2019s view that Russian policies and actions are fraught with potential for miscalculation that could lead to an uncontrolled escalation of conflict in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It specifically pointed to a Russian doctrine known as \u201cescalate to de-escalate,\u201d in which Moscow would use or threaten to use smaller-yield nuclear weapons in a limited, conventional conflict in Europe to compel the U.S. and NATO to back down. Consequently, the review said the U.S. would modify \u201ca small number\u201d of existing long-range ballistic missiles carried by Trident strategic submarines to fit them with smaller-yield nuclear warheads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia slammed the U.S. report, saying it was founded on false assumptions about Moscow\u2019s intentions and contained worrying modernization plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Nuclear Posture Review puts \u201cin question our right to defend ourselves against an aggression that threatens the country\u2019s survival,\u201d the Foreign Ministry said in a weekend statement. \u201cWe would like to hope that Washington is aware of the high level of danger when such doctrinal provisions move to the level of practical military planning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry said Russia\u2019s military doctrine envisages the use of nuclear weapons to deter an aggression that threatens \u201cthe very existence of our state.\u201d It said Washington, however, took a no-limits approach that could mean using nuclear weapons in \u201cextreme circumstances\u201d beyond defense against military operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven military scenarios are presented so ambiguously that it seems like the U.S. planners may view practically any use of military capability as a reason for delivering a nuclear strike against anyone they consider an \u2018aggressor,\u2019\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It said U.S. plans to develop new low-yield nuclear weapons \u201cwill greatly increase the temptation of using them, especially considering the right to a disarming first strike as set out in the new U.S. doctrine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAssurances that the implementation of these plans will not lower the nuclear threshold can at least be interpreted as a desire to delude the international community,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is even more frightening that the U.S. military and other national security professionals firmly believe in their ability to model conflict scenarios that involve low-yield nuclear options. Quite to the contrary, we believe that this dramatic lowering of the threshold conditions can provoke a nuclear missile war even in a low-intensity conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AP National Security writer Robert Burns in Washington contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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