The American side is concerned about the shortage of information on the scale and location of the Nuclear Arsenal of Russia, which is not included in the Agreement on measures to further reduce and restrict strategic offensive arms (DSNV, unofficial name – START-3). This was stated by the head of the Strategic Command (Strategic) US Admiral Charles Richard, RIA Novosti reports.
According to him, the extension of the agreement provides the necessary transparency and predictability of the “Russian arsenal. At the same time, a significant level of uncertainty remains relative to the scale and location of the “systems that are not included in the START-3, Richard added. The head of Stratsk said that Russia “is able to produce hundreds of warhead annually”, and therefore such a shortage of data “causes anxiety.”
Richard also noted that the new weapons of Russia – such as the strategic complex “The Burevestnik”, the Avangard Rocket Complex, the Hyperzvy Winged Rocket “Zircon” and the Nuclear Submarine “Poseidon”, change the nature of its nuclear complex, reports TASS. Admiral stressed that the period remained in the past when the United States could carry out the projection of force abroad without significant resistance from other countries.
April 6 reported that Russia and the United States disclosed data on the number of rockets and nuclear warheads for the first time after the extension of START-3.
Moscow and Washington exchanged notes about the extension of the DSNV on February 3. The rocket contract will act as signed, until February 5, 2026.