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2020-09-29 -Land of the Free

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

The request is part of a strategy to pressure Moscow into renegotiating the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) before the US presidential election

The Trump administration reportedly believes that making the request outlines how serious they are about letting the agreement lapse

Trump’s team is said to be leery that Moscow is attempting to prolong the talks beyond the November vote in the hope that Democratic nominee Joe Biden wins
Russia joins China inn preferring Gropey Joe? How utterly ironic.
They believe Biden's New START pledge renewal offers more beneficial terms

The assessment will determine how long it would take to load nuclear weapons currently in reserve onto long-range bombers, submarines and into silos

Signed in 2010, the New START treaty limits the US and Russia to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers

Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-29 00:10|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers

Prob just need a demonstration of one or two.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-29 09:47|| 2020-09-29 09:47|| Front Page Top

#2 ^A message to Xi - to refrain from arranging an October surprise?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-29 10:03|| 2020-09-29 10:03|| Front Page Top