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President Biden: Stay Strong on Disarmament, Stay in New START!Putin has done his best to undo that crucial progress on arms control by suspending Russia’s participation in New START. Now, pressure is building for President Biden to pre-emptively and formally withdraw from the treaty in retaliation.
Sign this petition: https://civicshout.com/p/pres-biden-stay-strong-on-disarmament-stay-in-new-start?source=em20230222_1
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H.Res 77 was recently introduced in Congress. We want PA Congresspeople to sign on.
Res.77 - Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. 118th Congress
Sponsor:Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (Introduced 01/31/2023)
Committees:House - Foreign Affairs; Armed Services
Latest Action:House - 01/31/2023 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Whereas the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has increased the danger and potential of the use of nuclear weapons and nuclear war: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States--
(1) calls on the President to embrace the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and make nuclear disarmament the centerpiece of the national security policy of the United States; and
(2) calls on the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, all other Federal and congressional leaders of the United States and the American people to lead a global effort to move the world back from the nuclear brink and to prevent nuclear war by--
(A) actively pursuing and concluding negotiations on a new, bilateral nuclear arms control and disarmament framework agreement with the Russian Federation before 2026 and pursuing negotiations with China and other nuclear-armed states on an agreement or agreements for the verifiable, enforceable, and time bound elimination of global nuclear arsenals;
(B) renouncing the option of using nuclear weapons first;
(C) ending the President’s sole authority to launch a nuclear attack;
(D) taking the nuclear weapons of the United States off hair-trigger alert; and
(E) canceling the plan to replace the nuclear arsenal of the United States with modernized, enhanced weapons
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The New START Treaty, a nuclear arms reduction agreement between Russia and the United States, may well expire in 2026 without being extended or replaced — all because of U.S. efforts to assist Ukraine in its “strategic defeat” of Moscow, a Russian official warned.
The 2011 treaty, which limits the nuclear weapons arsenal of both Russia and the U.S., was extended in 2021 until Feb. 4, 2026.
The U.S. has indicated a desire to continue the agreement, but Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the U.S. has been ignoring Russian interests in recent years, even dismantling most of the architecture of arms control
Ryabkov told the RIA state news agency, “New START may well fall victim to this” and that the absence of a nuclear arms control treaty after 2026 “is quite a possible scenario.” He added, “We are ready for such a scenario.”
Ryabkov’s statements seemed to be a warning that continued U.S. military support for Ukraine can damage the ongoing agreement with Russia.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the U.S. had provided over $27 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, including over 1 million 155mm artillery rounds, 8,500 Javelin anti-tank missile systems, and 1,600 Stinger anti-aircraft rocket systems.
Ryabkov stated, “The entire situation in the sphere of security, including arms control, has been held hostage by the U.S. line of inflicting strategic defeat on Russia. We will resist this in the strongest possible way using all the methods and means at our disposal.”
The New START treaty included regular inspections, but talk on resuming such were suddenly called off in November 2022, with no agreed upon date of resumption.
About 90% of the world’s nuclear warheads are controlled by the U.S. and Russia.
Under the New START Treaty, both sides were limited to 1,550 warheads on deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine ballistic missiles, and heavy bombers. They both met the central limits by 2018.
During the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review, the U.S. said that Russia and China have been modernizing and expanding their nuclear arsenal. Officials said that they would continue pursuing arms control to block costly arms races.
The review warned that if the treaty expired without a new agreement in place, Russia would be “free to expand strategic nuclear forces” that were previously constrained or yet to be covered by a treaty. “Russia is pursuing several novel nuclear-capable systems designed to hold the U.S. homeland or Allies and partners at risk, some of which are also not accountable under New START.”
Be Aware...
President Biden: Stay Strong on Disarmament, Stay in New START!Putin has done his best to undo that crucial progress on arms control by suspending Russia’s participation in New START. Now, pressure is building for President Biden to pre-emptively and formally withdraw from the treaty in retaliation.
Sign this petition: https://civicshout.com/p/pres-biden-stay-strong-on-disarmament-stay-in-new-start?source=em20230222_1
_______________________________________________________________________________________
H.Res 77 was recently introduced in Congress. We want PA Congresspeople to sign on.
Res.77 - Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. 118th Congress
Sponsor:Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (Introduced 01/31/2023)
Committees:House - Foreign Affairs; Armed Services
Latest Action:House - 01/31/2023 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Whereas the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has increased the danger and potential of the use of nuclear weapons and nuclear war: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States--
(1) calls on the President to embrace the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and make nuclear disarmament the centerpiece of the national security policy of the United States; and
(2) calls on the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, all other Federal and congressional leaders of the United States and the American people to lead a global effort to move the world back from the nuclear brink and to prevent nuclear war by--
(A) actively pursuing and concluding negotiations on a new, bilateral nuclear arms control and disarmament framework agreement with the Russian Federation before 2026 and pursuing negotiations with China and other nuclear-armed states on an agreement or agreements for the verifiable, enforceable, and time bound elimination of global nuclear arsenals;
(B) renouncing the option of using nuclear weapons first;
(C) ending the President’s sole authority to launch a nuclear attack;
(D) taking the nuclear weapons of the United States off hair-trigger alert; and
(E) canceling the plan to replace the nuclear arsenal of the United States with modernized, enhanced weapons
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- A Russian official said that the treaty limiting nuclear weapons could soon end.
- The New START Treaty was extended in 2021 and will expire on February 2026.
- The official said that the U.S. has been neglecting Russian interests, which could lead to no renewals to the treaty.
The New START Treaty, a nuclear arms reduction agreement between Russia and the United States, may well expire in 2026 without being extended or replaced — all because of U.S. efforts to assist Ukraine in its “strategic defeat” of Moscow, a Russian official warned.
The 2011 treaty, which limits the nuclear weapons arsenal of both Russia and the U.S., was extended in 2021 until Feb. 4, 2026.
The U.S. has indicated a desire to continue the agreement, but Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the U.S. has been ignoring Russian interests in recent years, even dismantling most of the architecture of arms control
Ryabkov told the RIA state news agency, “New START may well fall victim to this” and that the absence of a nuclear arms control treaty after 2026 “is quite a possible scenario.” He added, “We are ready for such a scenario.”
Ryabkov’s statements seemed to be a warning that continued U.S. military support for Ukraine can damage the ongoing agreement with Russia.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the U.S. had provided over $27 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, including over 1 million 155mm artillery rounds, 8,500 Javelin anti-tank missile systems, and 1,600 Stinger anti-aircraft rocket systems.
Ryabkov stated, “The entire situation in the sphere of security, including arms control, has been held hostage by the U.S. line of inflicting strategic defeat on Russia. We will resist this in the strongest possible way using all the methods and means at our disposal.”
The New START treaty included regular inspections, but talk on resuming such were suddenly called off in November 2022, with no agreed upon date of resumption.
About 90% of the world’s nuclear warheads are controlled by the U.S. and Russia.
Under the New START Treaty, both sides were limited to 1,550 warheads on deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine ballistic missiles, and heavy bombers. They both met the central limits by 2018.
During the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review, the U.S. said that Russia and China have been modernizing and expanding their nuclear arsenal. Officials said that they would continue pursuing arms control to block costly arms races.
The review warned that if the treaty expired without a new agreement in place, Russia would be “free to expand strategic nuclear forces” that were previously constrained or yet to be covered by a treaty. “Russia is pursuing several novel nuclear-capable systems designed to hold the U.S. homeland or Allies and partners at risk, some of which are also not accountable under New START.”
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