New START Treaty Expires Ending Nuclear Caps for USA and Russia

The New START Treaty expires this Thursday, removing all legal limits on the strategic nuclear arsenals of the USA and Russia for the first time in half a century.While Vladimir Putin has expressed a willingness to maintain current warhead caps for another year, Donald Trump has not committed to an extension and seeks to include China in any future pacts.Security experts warn that the end of the 2010 agreement signed by Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev could trigger a dangerous global arms race due to a lack of transparency.