Post B2z8dsn1YGEPA7IcdM by Nonilex@masto.ai
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 (DIR) Post #B2z7zT8JWUEw0RzEtk by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-02-04T17:44:08Z
       
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       New #ArmsRace looms as clock ticks down on last #Russia - #US #nuclear treatyThe last nuclear treaty between Russia & the US is due to expire within hours, raising the risk of a new arms race in which #China will also play a key role.The web of #arms control deals negotiated in the decades since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, considered the closest the world ever came to intentional #NuclearWar, was aimed at reducing the chance of a catastrophic nuclear exchange.https://www.reuters.com/world/china/new-nuclear-age-beckons-clock-ticks-down-last-russia-us-arms-deal-2026-02-04/
       
 (DIR) Post #B2z8BqqTBgIZ1VXpi4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-02-04T17:46:23Z
       
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       Unless Washington & Moscow reach a last-minute understanding of some kind, the world's two biggest #nuclear powers will be left without any limits for the first time in more than half a century when the New START treaty expires.Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said #Putin had discussed the issue in a video call on Wednesday with #China President #Xi Jinping and told him that Moscow would act "carefully & responsibly".#geopolitics #US #Russia
       
 (DIR) Post #B2z8NhNUDGq38SdZ4q by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-02-04T17:48:31Z
       
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       "We remain open to exploring avenues for negotiation & ensuring strategic stability," Ushakov quoted #Putin as saying.There was confusion about the exact time the treaty would lapse, though #arms control experts told Reuters they believed this would happen at 2300 GMT on Wednesday—midnight in Prague, where the treaty was signed in 2010.As the clock ticked towards expiry, #PopeLeo urged both sides not to abandon the limits set in the treaty.#geopolitics #US #Russia #nuclear #NuclearWeapons
       
 (DIR) Post #B2z8UDAguyeZTll3Ds by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-02-04T17:49:42Z
       
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       "I issue an urgent appeal not to let this instrument lapse," the first U.S.-born pope said at his weekly audience. "It is more urgent than ever to replace the logic of fear and distrust with a shared ethic, capable of guiding choices toward the common good."#geopolitics #US #Russia #nuclear #NuclearWeapons
       
 (DIR) Post #B2z8dsn1YGEPA7IcdM by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-02-04T17:51:27Z
       
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       Matt Korda, associate director for the #Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, said that if there were no agreement to extend the treaty's key provisions, neither #Russia nor the #UnitedStates would be constrained if they wanted to add yet more #warheads.#geopolitics #US #NuclearWeapons
       
 (DIR) Post #B2z8p0EUDeafQoRmb2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-02-04T17:53:27Z
       
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       "Without the treaty, each side will be free to upload hundreds of additional warheads onto their deployed missiles & heavy bombers, roughly doubling the sizes of their currently deployed arsenals in the most maximalist scenario," he said.#Trump has given different signals on arms control. He said last month that if the treaty expired, he would reach a “better” agreement [whatever that means. He said he’d come up with a better health plan than the ACA too].#geopolitics #US #Russia #nuclear
       
 (DIR) Post #B2z8zILHk77KUeXDlo by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-02-04T17:55:18Z
       
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       So far, Russian officials said, there has been no response from Washington on a proposal by #Putin to extend the limits of the treaty beyond expiry.Arms control supporters in Moscow & Washington say the expiry of the treaty would not only remove limits on #warheads but also damage confidence, trust & the ability to verify #nuclear intentions.#geopolitics #Trump #US #Russia #NuclearWeapons
       
 (DIR) Post #B2zHZU9o5la7C8vxs8 by nada_bio_entity2@mastodon.sdf.org
       2026-02-04T19:31:25Z
       
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       @Nonilex I would expect Putin to add warheads and delivery systems to his arsenal while don taco de mentia effectively disarms the us.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2zJ0xjkK7GAhvPUVU by n_dimension@infosec.exchange
       2026-02-04T19:47:37Z
       
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       @Nonilex Moscow has a record of acting "carefully & responsibly". 🤡
       
 (DIR) Post #B31793vSO36v5Ju4iu by Minnesota411988@mastodon.social
       2026-02-05T16:44:03Z
       
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       @Nonilex Who can doubt that, without limits, China could build nukes faster and at a scale much larger than the sum of any increase by Russia and the US?