Russia has warned of the risk of a new nuclear arms race (lemmy.ml)

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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

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[-] Korkki@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 days ago

Neocons: "This means russia is weak, we should escalate more"

[+] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 8 points 5 days ago

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[-] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 days ago

?? They are calling for compliance with the treaty's quantitative restrictions?? How is this a threat??

[-] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 2 points 5 days ago

My mistake! I just read the headline and assumed it was yet another nuclear threat.

I've grew up listening to that crap since Jelzin. It's become a bad habit to just assume it's the same again every time a Russian politician mentions nuclear armament.

[-] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

This has been an ongoing theme with western reporting since before Yeltsin. Please challenge the information you got about the USSR from their main adversary. Evergreen quote:

In the United States, for over a hundred years, the ruling interests tirelessly propagated anticommunism among the populace, until it became more like a religious orthodoxy than a political analysis. During the cold war, the anticommunist ideological framework could transform any data about existing communist societies into hostile evidence. If the Soviets refused to negotiate a point, they were intransigent and belligerent; if they appeared willing to make concessions, this was but a skillful ploy to put us off our guard. By opposing arms limitations, they would have demonstrated their aggressive intent; but when in fact they supported most armament treaties, it was because they were mendacious and manipulative. [...]

from Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago

In the current situation, with Putin invading already with drones EU territory, the nazi assholes in the US and Israel, it's not so strange an escalation to a WWIII. In capitalist systems almost always the form to make an reset when the economic bubble burst, as already seen in the past.

[-] stln@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

Are you sure than that drones were be russians?

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

Yes, after the Polish government's protest, Putin said it was just an "accident", but it was probably more of a test, checking the NATO borders. Ukraine really has no reason to do that, in any case Poland will shoot down the drones next time. Abyway all this is a turn which isn't a good sign for the next future. Three nazi assholes in clinch and the EU in the middle

[-] stln@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

maybe nazi assholes in EU? They too given to Israel money and weapon. And dont google nationational of Volodymir Zelensky.

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[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Russia warns of some vague nuclear related threat every 3 weeks or so.

[-] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 days ago

This is about a very specific nuclear treaty that is about to expire at a set date in the near future and they are calling for restrictions on nuclear armament. It's neither vague nor a threat!

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 6 points 5 days ago

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

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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 1 points 5 days ago

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?