US–Russia New START Treaty Expires, Ending Binding Limits on Strategic Nuclear Arms
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Category: GLOBAL GOVERNMENT & ALLIANCES
Summary:
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia expired on February 5, ending legally binding limits on their nuclear arsenals. The treaty, which entered into force in 2011 and was extended for five years in 2021, capped each country at 700 deployed long-range missiles and bombers, 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads, and 800 total launchers and bombers. Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated willingness to extend the treaty by one year. Together, the U.S. and Russia control nearly 90 percent of the world's nuclear weapons.
Mysterion Insights
Scripture: Psalm 146:3-5 (NASB 1977)
"Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish. How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God;"
Commentary:
Arms-control limits can vanish with a date on the calendar, and the paperwork changes faster than people’s sense of security. That is sobering. Psalm 146 puts weight where it belongs: human power blocs and leaders cannot carry salvation, even when they manage world-shaping agreements. The expiration of New START shows how fragile international order can be when trust thins and rivals reset the rules. This fits a biblical pattern of unstable nations and shifting assurances. Hold hope steady in the Lord.
Prophetic Trend:
As treaty restraints lapse between rival powers, global stability relies more on shifting calculations than binding commitments, echoing an end-times pattern of fragile agreements.
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Source Excerpt:
The last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia expired on Feb. 5, ending legally binding limits on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals for the first time in decades. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as New START, entered into force on Feb. 5, 2011, and was extended for five years in February 2021. It capped each side at 700 deployed long-range missiles and bombers, 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads, and 800 total launchers and bombers, whether deployed or not, according to the treaty text. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in September that Moscow was ready to extend START by one year.......
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Source: The Epoch Times
Posted on 02-05-2026 09:48