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U.S.-Russia Treaty Restricting Nuclear Weapons Extended For 5 Years
ResumeThe Biden administration and Russia agreed to extend a nonproliferation treaty that restricts the two nations' arsenals of some of the deadliest weapons known to humankind.
The New START treaty limits the number of long-range nuclear warheads and intercontinental ballistic missiles that each country can maintain until 2026.
Host Peter O'Dowd speaks with Here & Now security analyst Jim Walsh, senior research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Security Studies Program.
This segment aired on February 4, 2021.