The last US-Russia nuclear pact expires, prompting fears of a new arms race

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2. Miss me with the "fears of an arms race" with a country that can't even beat Ukraine.

The fact that Russia has the largest arsenal but has never once deployed any of it tells you all you need to know
-- that Putin is unwilling to risk any attempt knowing that the US, France and UK will bomb Russia to rubble within the 30 mins his nukes would take to get here and be taken out. Because the US Military already has tested intercept capabilities in the air and on water (some classified).