Washington, August 13 (Sputnik).- Joe Biden’s administration plans to significantly expand the US arsenal of strategic nuclear weapons by 2026 after several decades of reducing it, The Economist published on Monday.
The massive new nuclear weapons rearmament program is expected to begin in February 2026, when the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (NEW START) with Russia expires.
The decision to expand the nuclear arsenal was made after the decisions of the US nuclear policy makers, which suggest that the military may be asked to meet challenges from several nuclear weapons powers, from Russia and/or China to Iran and North Korea Meanwhile.
Overall, the report notes that under a series of previous arms control agreements with Russia and other countries, the world’s nuclear arsenal was reduced from 70,000 warheads in 1986 to about 12,000 today.
However, China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal from a few hundred nuclear warheads in 2020 to a current estimate of 1,000 by 2030, and 1,500 by 2035, he concludes. (Sputnik)
2024-08-13 01:41:31
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