MOSCOW, January 28. /TASS/. If the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) is not renewed, Russia stands ready to respond to potential US efforts to shift the global nuclear balance, military analyst Boris Rozhin wrote in a column for TASS.
"If New START is fully exhausted, Moscow will have the means to counter Washington’s attempts to tilt the strategic nuclear superiority in its favor," the article states.
Rozhin recalled that it was not Russia but the United States that initiated the resumption of the nuclear arms race. The US has systematically dismantled treaties that previously limited this race in pursuit of military-technological dominance. He also highlighted the complicity of the US and NATO in turning a blind eye to Ukraine’s attempts to acquire nuclear weapons as a significant factor destabilizing the treaty system.
Russia, for its part, remains committed to maintaining nuclear parity. The country will not overlook Washington’s efforts to undermine strategic balance and will continue to actively develop its nuclear triad. Rozhin emphasized that Russia possesses the technological capacity for this, underscored by the conflict in Ukraine, which has demonstrated the country’s advanced capabilities.
