CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The only surviving weapons reduction treaty between the former Cold War adversaries, New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ), limits the number of nuclear warheads that Russia and the United States of America can deploy to 1, 550. It went into effect on February 5, 2011.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) I was signed July 31, 1991, by the United States and the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -The START II treaty is a bilateral treaty negotiated by the United States and Russia and signed by Presidents Bush and Yeltsin on January 3, 1993.