FREE BEACON: Russia Adds Hundreds of Warheads Under Nuclear Treaty

61 new warheads since April under New START

AP

BY: Bill Gertz
October 4, 2016 3:20 pm
Russia increased its deployed nuclear warheads over the past six months under a strategic arms reduction treaty as U.S. nuclear warhead stocks declined sharply, according to the State Department.
During the same period, the United States cut its deployed nuclear warheads by 114, increasing the disparity between the two nuclear powers.
Russia’s warhead increases since 2011 suggest Moscow does not intend to cut its nuclear forces and will abandon the New START arms accord as part of a major nuclear buildup.

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