New START Treaty

#GS 02 International Relations

New START Treaty was signed in Prague by US and Russia on 8 April 2010, as a replacement to the START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty).
New START Treaty is officially known as The Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms.
The New START Treaty is the only bilateral agreement currently existing between the US and Russia and it limits the number of nuclear warheads that can be deployed by Russia and United States.
The New START Treaty entered into force on February 5, 2011 and was supposed to expire in February 2021.
The United States and the Russian Federation have presently agreed to extend the treaty till February 4, 2026.
The treaty also includes a standard withdrawal clause that is found in most arms control agreements.
Both the United States and the Russian Federation have met the limits of the New START Treaty by February 5, 2018, and have stayed at or below them ever since.
Russia on 21-02-23 declared that it was suspending its participation in the New START treaty.
However, Russia has declared that it will continue to exchange information about test launches of ballistic missiles per earlier agreements with the U.S.

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