Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
June 2019 - United States Special Weapons News
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- Putin Says Discussed Prospects of New START Treaty Extension With Trump - Reports Sputnik 29 Jun 2019 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Kommersant newspaper after his meeting with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, that prospects of extension of the bilateral New START treaty had been addressed but it was too early to discuss the outcome of the talks since there was a "long way" ahead.
- Putin Says U.S., Russia To Resume Nuclear Arms Talks RFE/RL 29 Jun 2019 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, have ordered their foreign ministers to begin consultations on nuclear arms control.
- Goldfein offers rationale for nuclear modernization and 'failsafe' deterrence US Air Force 26 Jun 2019 -- Asserting that "the price of preserving our nuclear deterrent is nothing compared to the price of losing it," Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein offered a comprehensive rationale June 26 for modernizing the nation's three-legged nuclear capability.
- US Response to Russia's INF Suspension to Be in Field of Conventional Arms - Envoy to NATO Sputnik 25 Jun 2019 -- The United States is studying a possible response to Russia's suspension of compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), in order to protect itself from Russia's cruise missiles, US Permanent Representative to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison said on Tuesday.
- Global Nuclear Arsenal Declines, But Future Cuts Uncertain Amid U.S.-Russia Tensions RFE/RL 17 Jun 2019 -- The number of nuclear weapons held by world powers declined in the past year, but future reductions look uncertain because of the "political and military differences" between Moscow and Washington, an influential research group says.
- 'Fewer But Newer': SIPRI Report Finds Amount of Nuclear Weapons on Decline, But Getting Modernized Sputnik 17 Jun 2019 -- A recently published report reveals that although there has been a decrease in the world's overall number of nuclear warheads in 2019, nuclear-armed states are currently modernizing their arsenals.
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