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February 24, 2023

Putin Vows to Strengthen Russia's Nuclear Arsenal
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In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin pledged Thursday to strengthen
Russia's nuclear forces with the deployment of a new generation of
intercontinental ballistic missiles. Putin also promised to speed mass
production of air- and sea-based hypersonic missiles and other
conventional weapons. Putin's remarks came two days after he said Russia
was suspending much of its participation in New START, the last
remaining nuclear arms reduction treaty between the U.S. and Russia.
President Biden called the move a "big mistake." Neither Russia nor the
U.S. have signed or ratified the U.N.'s Treaty on the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons.


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