After his historical speech said Tuesday on the anniversary year for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on Thursday Mr. President of Russia Vladimir Putin announced a new decision after his suspension to the treaty of the New START nuclear arms, to strengthen the nuclear forces for the first time after 13 years.

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Reported by|Abeer Almadawy
politics section - CJ journalist
Moscow - 23- Feb, - 2023

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Putin affirmed the intention of his country to increase and support the nuclear forces triad” of land, air, and sea weapons, according to a transcript from          the Kremlin.
The decision came after the Russian withdrawal from the nuclear arms treaty with the U.S.

Putin said
'' Moscow will put its focus on strengthening the nuclear triad” of land, air and sea weapons''

This year, the first Sarmat missile system launchers with the new heavy missile will be put on combat duty. We will continue full production of the Kinzhal air-launched hypersonic systems and begin mass deployment of Tsirkon sea-launched hypersonic missiles,” Putin said.

“With the Borei-A nuclear-powered submarine Emperor Alexander III becoming operational in the Navy, the share of modern weapons and equipment in the naval strategic nuclear forces will reach 100 percent. In the coming years, three more cruisers from this project will be delivered to the Navy.” Russian president added

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By suspending participation in the New START nuclear arms treaty with the USA, Russia can work alone in its nuclear defense.

The New START nuclear arms treaty is a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation with the formal name of Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. It was signed on 8 April 2010 in Prague, and after ratification entered into force on 5 February 2011.

New START replaced the Treaty of Moscow (SORT), which was to expire in December 2012. It follows the START I treaty, which expired in December 2009; the proposed START II treaty which never entered into force; and the START III treaty, for which negotiations were never concluded.

The treaty calls for halving the number of strategic nuclear missile launchers. A new inspection and verification regime will be established, replacing the SORT mechanism. It does not limit the number of operationally inactive nuclear warheads that can be stockpiled, a number in the high thousands.

On 21 February 2023, Russia suspended its participation in but did not withdraw from, New START