CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -It continues the bipartisan process of verifiably reducing U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals by limiting both sides to 700 strategic launchers and 1, 550 operational warheads. Its duration was for ten years that is till 2021, but it was extended by five more years till 2026.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), signed in 1991, was a bilateral arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. The result of the agreement was the first significant reduction in the number of strategic nuclear weapons in both the U.S. and the Soviet stockpiles.

Detailed explanation-3: -The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) is the only remaining arms control treaty between the United States and Russia. It limits the United States and Russia to 1, 550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads each and provides a legally binding cap on what could otherwise become a nuclear arms race.