Recently, US President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin's idea of the New START Treaty was a good one.
About New START Treaty:
It is known as The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).
It is the last remaining nuclear arms deal between Russia and the United States of America, and it was extended for five years in 2021. (Extended the treaty till February 4 2026.)
Objective: The New START caps the number of nuclear warheads well below Cold War limits.
This treaty entered into force on February 5, 2011.
The treaty concerns strategic weapons: usually long-range weapons designed to influence the outcome of a war, not merely a battle, by destroying power centres, command and control facilities, or key infrastructure.
Timeline of Treaty
It was signed by then-presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev in Prague in 2010; it came into force in 2011.
New START replaced the 1991 START I treaty, which expired in December 2009, and superseded the 2002 Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT), which terminated when New START entered into force.
Both Russia and the United States announced that they met New START limitations by Feb. 5, 2018.
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