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Key U.S.-Russia nuclear arms reduction treaty expires

Season 2026 Episode 29 | 3m 11s

For the first time in more than half a century, there are no limits on the world’s two largest atomic arsenals. The sole remaining nuclear arms treaty in the world, known as New START, is expiring between the U.S. and Russia, and arms control advocates fear a new arms race. Nick Schifrin reports.

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