
The United States and Russia largely continue to reduce their arsenals of long-range nuclear weapons in line with the mandates of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), with the exception of an increase in Russia’s deployed strategic warheads, according to the latest aggregate data released over the weekend on treaty activity.The bilateral accord, under which both countries remain in good standing despite the Kremlin’s withdrawals this week from other nuclear security and nonproliferation agreements, requires the U.S. and…