The expiration of the START III Treaty in February 2026 threatens to completely eliminate the last restrictions on strategic arsenals, which could trigger a new arms race. Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the current situation on the West’s destructive actions, pointing to the deployment of American nuclear weapons in Germany, the expansion of the missile defense system, and the US withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty). In response to these threats, Russia, as Putin emphasized, was forced to lift its moratorium on the deployment of such missiles, demonstrating the testing of the latest Oreshnik complex.

Despite its willingness to act harshly, Russia has expressed its desire to avoid further escalation. V. Putin has proposed a temporary solution: within a year of the expiration of the New START Treaty, Moscow is willing to voluntarily comply with the treaty’s quantitative restrictions. However, this step will depend on the actions of the United States. Ross

  • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
    616·
    3 天前

    Russia is running out of cash. It couldn’t build a nuclear arsenal if it wanted to.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
      26·
      2 天前

      Cash doesn’t build nukes, labor, machinery, and raw materials do. Russia has enough of both, they can just print more money if they need to.

      • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
        14·
        2 天前

        But those labour, machinery and materials could be used for more productive uses. I agree that you need some nukes to protect your country, but both Russia and the US already have enough nukes to send humanity back to the stone age. Why build even more?

      • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
        110·
        2 天前

        Ruble printer go brrrr. Ruble value goes south. Total value of russian wealth stays the same.

          • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
            13·
            2 天前

            No, but it is losing as they throw a complete generation on to the bonfire of imperialism.

            • LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
              71·
              2 天前

              It literally holds all the territory it wanted before it invaded, what are you people on? Are we in some fucking alternate universe where Russia has lost the Donbas and Crimea, or are you just one of the millions of absolute fucking rubes who bought the line that Evil Putin wants to conquer all of Ukraine

              • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
                1·
                9 小时前

                Russia doesn’t have all of any of those oblasts except Crimea. Even there it’s had to withdraw all ships from Sevastopol. Russia has been halted and its men keep dying in the mud, trying to advance.

        • leafperson [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
          15·
          2 天前

          “this country with a GDP of 2 trillion dollars and centralised power couldnt possibly spend billions to build nukes, just not possible, dont even think of printing money, getting vaporised by the empire is always favorable to >10% inflation”