ANALYSIS - US, Russia May Re-Negotiate Open Skies After New START Extension, INF Likely Dead
(World News Russia)

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 02nd March, 2021) The recent extension of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) - the only remaining nuclear arms pact between the US and Russia - gives both sides a five-year breathing space to negotiate arms control and other strategic treaties such as Open Skies, even as hopes wane for reviving the INF Treaty, analysts told Sputnik. On February 3, the United States officially extended New START that is premised on the proposition that each side ultimately reduces their nuclear arsenal to a total of 700 missiles, 800 launchers and 1,550 deployed warheads, prolonging the expiry date till February 5, 2026. The US decision to re-animate the treaty,...