Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about a nuclear treaty expiring and what it really means.

Okay, so the new START treaty has expired.

It was really kind of the core of nuclear arms control around the world. It regulated

and provided a lot of predictability when it came to U.S. and Russia nuclear forces. It is gone.

Russia made some overtures about extending it or creating a new treaty back in September,

but Trump blew them off.

There's rumor mill stuff at time of recording about a handshake deal to continue to observe the treaty.

But we'll see.

This has prompted a lot of questions.

I'm going to answer them.

But because of the answers, I want to say that while a lot of

the fears are overblown, the expiration of this treaty and an administration that doesn't seem to

understand why it's important is actually a huge deal. Just not in the way people are asking about. Okay, first question. Bell do the thing.

Calm us zoomers. Did a nuclear peace treaty really just expire? No. There is no risk of imminent nuclear war.

Well, no more than normal.

This treaty wasn't a peace treaty.

It was a treaty that limited the number of deployed warheads and provided for inspections and verification.

Next question.

Does this mean we're in for another arms race?

Not immediately.

Russia doesn't have the money to compete in that way.

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