Posted on 09/24/2025 10:47:42 PM PDT by Cronos
Russia is ready to continue to comply with the main quantitative restrictions of the New START treaty for one year after February 5, 2026 – announced Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin itself suspended its participation in the treaty in 2023, but promised not to violate limits imposed on the number of nuclear warheads and their so-called carriers, i.e. ballistic missiles, heavy bombers and submarines.
...During the war, the Kremlin canceled it. First, in 2022, it suspended mandatory inspections of its arsenals as stipulated in New START. A year later, it suspended participation altogether, despite promising to adhere to its numerical limitations . And in the fall of 2023, it revised its nuclear weapons doctrine, greatly expanding the possibilities of their use, for example, in response to a conventional attack. Earlier, in June 2023, it announced the transfer of some Russian nuclear weapons to Belarus
However, the Kremlin has not made a decision to expand the Russian arsenal; even now, it has no such plans. This is likely because its financial resources are being drained by the war with Ukraine and it no longer has the funds for developing nuclear weapons. And the funds would have to be substantial. A comparable current American strategic force modernization program would cost around a trillion dollars.
...At the same time, work is underway to create a US-designed anti-missile defense system called Golden Dome. Vladimir Putin has made no secret of his frustration with the project, warning that placing elements of the system in space would lead to escalation. Russian military officials have expressed similar views.
(Excerpt) Read more at rp.pl ...
I think, if it came right down to it, he could probably make do with what he already has.
It does not take a lot to have enough of this kind of thing. You can only kill people and destroy a civilization once.
Among leaders, Trump and Putin strike me as two of the least likely people to use nukes.
It is entirely possible that I don’t know what I’m talking about. I’m speaking from my gut, not my head.
Who or what is Andrzej Łomanowski?
if you have one nuke, you are “King of nukes”
Lol. One problem: it has already won. Russia has almost half of world’s enrichment capacity, the US has almost none.
It is even more lopsided it terms of delivery systems. Most Russian are brand-new. American are dating back to 1970s. And it not about the technology, but about physical assets. See Minuteman and Trident.
Here’s a hot flash for you. Well, maybe because you’re in Poland and out of touch with what’s happening back in the USA. We’re bankrupt too and can’t afford an arms race.
doubtful the Poles are unaware of the U.S. debt. But then... when has that mattered when it concerns defense?
Columbia Class, Sentinel, and B21 says no.
Yeah I’m pretty sure there’s enough nukes in the world to destroy it. Russia could destroy the US and the US could destroy Russia. Canada, Mexico and Eastern Europe would be collateral but not die quite as fast. With all of that gone, the rest of the world would fall into the dark ages with a 90% die off rate. Brazil, being so far South, large and modern with plenty of natural resources, would probably be home of the new empire. Not much to rule over though. They’d be like the British empire going out and finding primitives.
"Probably because its financial resources are drained by the war with Ukraine and there is no money left for the development of nuclear weapons. And they would have to be very large." [ machine translation ]
The title of the article is based on speculation, "probably because," while most of the article speaks to the arms treaty.
It continues: "In February 2026, however, the validity of the New START treaty comes to an end and something should be done about it –, either negotiate a new one or start life without it. The latter may mean that a new nuclear arms race will begin, which may present Russia with the specter of bankruptcy."
So speculation with modal verbs. One notes that Poland's current national debt as percentage of GDP is circa 60 while the US is 122, and Russia's is 20. Given that the US Fed, the ECB and Russia's central bank all essentially print fiat currency, the speculation is presented likely for political reasons.
The same source had another interesting and speculative article:
Title: Radosław Sikorski „was ready to give asylum and order” to a suspect in blowing up a Russian gas pipeline"The main suspect in blowing up the threads of Nord Stream gas pipelines may soon start testifying in Germany. What will he say about the Polish role in supporting the Ukrainian commando, including helping another Ukrainian Volodymyr Ż. escape?"
Good grief. This isn’t even good propaganda.
Here is what he said, "Knitskinya Zelenskyyyyy isky bigska homoskintsky. Hrinka! Hrinka! Plookska! Plookska Groinbistdynatska! Gruzynch. Blorpka! Blorpka! Marcus Blorpka mvomskiska!"
My thoughts exactly...
“doubtful the Poles are unaware of the U.S. debt. But then... when has that mattered when it concerns defense?”
The U.S.S.R. said the same thing..until paying for defense made them go broke.
“”””Vladimir Putin has no money for a nuclear arms race””””
What a silly post.
Putin has a huge stockpile of nuclear weapons right now. And no need to expand it.
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