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Nuclear Modernization

Russia Drops More Arms Control Proposals; NSA O’Brien Scheduled for Nat Sec Talk Wednesday

Monday, October 26th, 2020

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Russia Drops More Arms Control Proposals; NSA O’Brien Scheduled for Nat Sec Talk Wednesday

Russia's 9M729 missile in in its tube. Sergei Bobylev/TASS (Russian News Agency)

Amid the public whipsaw of New START nuclear-arms negotiations between Washington and Moscow, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, offered to limit deployment of land-based intermediate range missiles near the European border, media reported. Early Monday morning, Washington time, a few Russian analysts on Twitter picked up on Putin’s Russian language statement Monday morning. Putin offered refrain from deploying the 9M279 missile near Europe if the U.S. would agree to reciprocal steps, including allowing inspections of deployed and planned Aegis Ashore…

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Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]