Nukes of hazard: US-Russia arms treaty expires

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Rosie Blau.

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  First up though.

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  Good afternoon, everyone.

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  I am honored to be back here in the Czech Republic with President Medvedev

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  and our Czech hosts to mark this historic completion of the New START Treaty.

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  In April 2010, Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met in Prague to sign the New START Treaty.

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  This day demonstrates the determination of the United States and Russia,

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  the two nations that hold over 90% of the world's nuclear weapons,

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  to pursue responsible global leadership.

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  The arms control program limited the number of large warheads and missiles the two countries could deploy

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