Vienna Forum Hears Warnings of a New U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Race
A Russian self-propelled surface-to-air missile systems BUK-M2E during the 'Army-2015' international military forum in Kubinka, outside Moscow, on June 17, 2015.
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The U.S. and Russia are pushing the world to the threshold of a new nuclear-arms race as the Senate refuses to ratify international restrictions on atomic testing, according to current and former American and European officials.
Both countries are undermining international rules designed to limit the risk of conflict, said William Perry and Desmond Browne, the former top defense officials in the U.S. and U.K. respectively. They voiced concern at a meeting of diplomats and scientists this week in Vienna who gathered to strengthen nuclear non-proliferation.