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US, Russia Could Reduce Strategic Arsenals by 1/3 in Future Deal, Ex-Official Believes
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States and Russia could reduce their strategic arsenals by one-third and limit their hypersonic weapons as part of a future arms control deal, Howard Stoffer, a former US State Department senior foreign service officer and former UN director of counterterrorism, told Sputnik.
On February 3, the United States and Russia extended for five years the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), which limits each country to 700 missiles, 1,550 warheads, and 800 launchers. It is the last remaining agreement that limits US and Russian nuclear arsenals.
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