I hope we’re not going to start a precedent whereby we use these “clickbait” style headlines on the FR website. It’s annoying enough on FaceBook and whatnot: “Obama just did THIS and you won’t believe it!”
The piece did refer to another source for the info (Free Beacon). May have been better to go directly to that.
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From the FreeBeacon:
Russia Adds 111 Warheads Under Arms Treaty
Moscow warheads above New START treaty limit
By: Bill Gertz
October 9, 2015
Russia has now deployed more than 100 nuclear warheads in its strategic arsenal above the limits set by the New START arms treaty limits—two years before it must meet treaty arms reduction goals.
New START nuclear warhead and delivery system numbers made public Oct. 1 reveal that since the 2010 arms accord went into force, Moscow increased the number of deployed nuclear warheads by a total of 111 weapons for a total of 1,648 deployed warheads. That number is 98 warheads above the treaty limit of 1,150 warheads that must be reached by the 2018 deadline of the treaty.
At the same time, U.S. nuclear warheads, missiles, and bombers have fallen sharply and remain below the required levels under the New START pact.
The United States during the same period of the Russian increases cut its deployed nuclear arsenal by 250 warheads. ..."(more...)
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-adds-111-warheads-under-arms-treaty/
The article headline as it is written is required. The entire article was posted on FR.