{"id":46493,"date":"2021-02-04T06:40:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T06:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/02\/04\/us-extends-sole-remaining-nuclear-arms-treaty-with-russia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:20:34","slug":"us-extends-sole-remaining-nuclear-arms-treaty-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/nuclear-arsenal\/2021\/02\/04\/us-extends-sole-remaining-nuclear-arms-treaty-with-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"US extends sole remaining nuclear arms treaty with Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The United States joined Russia on Wednesday in extending the two countries\u2019 last remaining treaty limiting their stockpiles of nuclear weapons, two days before the pact was set to expire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement the U.S. would use the five years of the New START treaty\u2019s renewal to pursue limits on all of Russia\u2019s nuclear weapons. That\u2019s after the Trump administration pulled out of two other such deals, as part of a broad withdrawal from international accords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The countries last week announced plans to extend the agreement, even as the Biden administration has stepped up criticism of Russia over the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, its involvement in a massive hack of U.S. agencies and other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\t