STOCKHOLM: Nuclear powers continue to modernize their arsenals, researchers said on Monday, warning that tensions were rising and the outlook for arms control was “bleak.”

“The loss of key channels of communication between Russia and the USA... could potentially lead to a new nuclear arms race,” said Shannon Kile, director of the nuclear arms control program at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) and co-author of the report.

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