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Nuclear Modernization

Russia Appears to Offer One-Year New START Extension for Warhead Freeze — and No Other Conditions

Tuesday, October 20th, 2020

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Russia Appears to Offer One-Year New START Extension for Warhead Freeze — and No Other Conditions

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFPN) -- Munitions on display show the full capabilities of the B-52 Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert J. Horstman)

The Russian Federation on Tuesday appeared to offer a one-year extension of the New START nuclear arms-limitation treaty with the U.S., as long as a politically binding, bilateral warhead freeze is the only condition of such an extension, according to a statement posted online by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ministry posted a Russian-language statement in the pre-dawn hours, Washington time, and quickly posted an official translation. “Russia has proposed extending the New START for one year and…

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