US-Russia nuclear weapons treaty expires
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The landmark New START treaty's end, which occurs today, opens the door to the possibility of major nuclear posture changes.
(Corrects to remove phrase 'for more than two decades' in first paragraph) By Dmitry Antonov, Mark Trevelyan and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected an offer from his Russian counterpart to voluntarily extend the caps on strategic nuclear weapons deployments after the treaty that held them in check expired.
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