05/17/2026
The global guardrails are officially gone. ⚠️
The New START Treaty—the last remaining firewall capping the nuclear arsenals of the U.S. and Russia—officially expired.
For the first time in over 50 years, the world's major superpowers are operating with absolutely zero legally binding limits on their long-range nuclear warheads.Instead of diplomatic treaties, we are now watching a full-scale, three-way nuclear modernization race play out in real time between the U.S., Russia, and a rapidly expanding China.
With a historic $1.5 trillion U.S. military budget packing more firepower onto single missiles, and China building hundreds of new missile silos, worst-case assumptions are now driving global defense policies.
Without inspectors on the ground to verify data, the risk of a catastrophic miscalculation or accidental launch is higher than it has been since the height of the Cold War.