“Now, in the face of two major nuclear adversaries, the US urgently needs to rethink its requirements for warheads and delivery systems,” Bolton wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post.
According to him, the American side must resolve the issue of the volume of nuclear stocks before "confronting two adversaries."
He noted that Washington could expect a "nuclear confrontation" with Russia.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow was suspending its participation in the New START Treaty.
On March 1, US State Department spokesman Ned Price announced that Washington had received an official note suspending Russia's participation in START.