Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
August 2020 - United States Special Weapons News
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- US defense chief urges nuclear force upgrade citing China's stockpile Press TV 30 Aug 2020 -- US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has called for the modernization of American nuclear force and "maintain readiness" to ensure the safety of the Indo-Pacific region, accusing China of doubling its nuclear arsenal amid persisting tensions between the two countries regarding their military operations in the region.
- US has high-priority responsibility in nuclear disarmament: Chinese FM Global Times 28 Aug 2020 -- China's Foreign Ministry urged the US take its responsibility in nuclear disarmament as the world's largest nuclear-armed nation, after Kazakhstan's first President Nursultan Nazarbayev recently called on holding a nuclear disarmament summit between US, Russia, the European Union and China.
- Failure to Renew US-Russia New START Treaty Adds Billions to Defense Costs, Budget Office Says Sputnik 26 Aug 2020 -- The cost for several US nuclear modernization options expands by hundreds of billions of dollars if Washington and Moscow fail to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) treaty beyond its February 2021 expiration, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report on Wednesday.
- Russia's Foreign Minister Calls Washington's Conditions for Preserving New START Treaty Unrealistic Sputnik 23 Aug 2020 -- The United States put forward unrealistic conditions for preserving the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a youth forum in the Moscow region on Sunday, calling talks with the US on the treaty exhausting.
- US Backs Down From Proposal to Add China to New START Talks, Set Other Conditions, Moscow Says Sputnik 22 Aug 2020 -- The United States has backed down from a proposal to add China to the talks on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) but set other conditions with the negotiations still being bogged down, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Saturday.
- U.S., Russia Remain At Odds Over Extension Of New START Treaty RFE/RL 18 Aug 2020 -- The United States and Russia have concluded a third round of arms-control talks still at odds over several key issues, but the two sides showed a willingness to possibly extend the New START Treaty before it expires next year.
- Putin, Trump to Meet If Arms Control Deal Reached, US Special Envoy for Arms Control Says Sputnik 18 Aug 2020 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump would meet if the Russian and US negotiators reach an arms control deal, but no preparations for such a meeting are in works at present, US Special Envoy for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea told reporters on Tuesday.
- US Envoy Says Ball 'in Russia's Court' in Arms Talks VOA 18 Aug 2020 -- A U.S. arms envoy said Tuesday it is Russia's turn to respond to U.S. terms to extend the landmark New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
- Nuke Sea-Launched Cruise Missile Would Bolster Deterrence, Officials Say DoD News 04 Aug 2020 -- Developing and deploying a sea-launched nuclear cruise missile is essential to deter Russia, U.S. officials have said.
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