US-Russia nuclear arms treaty expires
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Beijing, Moscow and shaken American allies are seeking new warheads as President Trump ends more than a half century of nuclear arms control with Russia.
The risks of this stand-off have been contained over the years by various arms-control agreements, most recently New START. But that treaty expired this week, with no replacement. To make matters more dangerous,
Scientists have said that at its fastest, the Indian intercontinental ballistic missile will be 24 times faster than the speed of sound travelling 8.16 kilometres per second, and achieving a high speed of 29,