Nuclear-arms talks between the United States and Russia get underway today in Moscow. The negotiating teams are discussing a replacement for the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) that expires in December. Talks will address stronger verification procedures and might also tackle the issue of reducing both deployed warheads and stockpiles held in reserve.
Russia and the US possess over 90 percent of the world’s nuclear warheads and disarmament begins with the two Cold War foes. Of the five recognized nuclear powers – Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States – only China is thought to be building more.
