About New START Treaty

• The New START Treaty, which came into force in 2011, caps the number of strategic nuclear warheads that the United States and Russia can deploy, and the deployment of land- and submarine-based missiles and bombers to deliver them.
• New START replaced the 1991 START I treaty, which expired in 2009, and superseded the 2002 Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT).
• The Treaty also allows for verification inspections and information sharing.
• The treaty had been suspended in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why in News?

• Russia has postponed nuclear weapons talks with the United States set to take place this week in Cairo.

reference:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/saras-3-telescope-throws-light-on-the-nature-of-early-stars-and-galaxies/article66195720.ece