US extends sole remaining nuclear arms treaty with Russia

A missile is launched in a drill in Iran (Iranian Revolutionary Guard/Sepahnews/AP)

The United States joined Russia in extending the two countries’ last remaining treaty limiting their stockpiles of nuclear weapons, two days before the pact was set to expire.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that the US would use the five years of the New START treaty’s renewal to pursue limits on all of Russia’s nuclear weapons.