{"id":2564481,"date":"2026-02-03T22:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-now-senate-armed-services-committee-examines-strategic-competition-after-new-start-5979559\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:15:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:15:31","slug":"live-now-senate-armed-services-committee-examines-strategic-competition-after-new-start-5979559","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-now-senate-armed-services-committee-examines-strategic-competition-after-new-start-5979559\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Armed Services Committee Examines Strategic Competition After New START"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flive-now-senate-armed-services-committee-examines-strategic-competition-after-new-start-5979559%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2564481&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On February 3, 2026, teh Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing at 9:30 a.m. ET to examine strategic competition in an unconstrained, post\u2013New START Treaty environment. The event was featured on EpochTV Live. I can\u2019t verify that specific event from 2026 since I don\u2019t have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-andrew-p-napolitano-slouching-toward-fascism\/\" title=\"Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: Slouching Toward Fascism\">real-time access<\/a> to schedules or epochtv coverage. If you have a link or transcript,I can summarize it. I can also help with background adn a mock recap based on typical SASC hearings on this topic.<\/p>\n<p>Context you might find helpful about a hearing framed as \u201cstrategic competition in an unconstrained, post\u2013New START environment\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; What \u201cunconstrained, post\u2013New START\u201d implies: no <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >current legally binding caps<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">verification regime<\/a> between the U.S. and Russia, plus uncertainty about China\u2019s role and capabilities. The focus is often on deterrence, modernization, risk of arms racing, and gaps in verification.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Likely topics and questions: <\/p>\n<p>  &#8211; The future posture and modernization of U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump...s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">nuclear forces<\/a> (delivery systems, logistics, command and control).<\/p>\n<p>  &#8211; Chinese strategic modernization and its implications for U.S. deterrence.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8211; Russian strategic modernization plans and potential threats.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8211; Verification challenges in a world without New START-like constraints.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8211; Non-nuclear strategic capabilities (missile defense, space, cyber) and their effects on deterrence.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8211; Policy options for Congress on arms control, deterrence strategy, and funding.<\/p>\n<p>If you want a speedy result, tell me:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Do you want a neutral, point-by-point recap template (date\/time, witnesses, main findings, questions raised, recommended actions)?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Do you have any quotes or a transcript to base a summary on?<\/p>\n<p>I can also provide a concise description suitable for a briefing or a news blurb if you share any key points or a link.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Senate Armed Services Committee Examines Strategic Competition After New START<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"channelInfo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/live\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/live\"><\/p>\n<p>EpochTV Live<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Feb-03-2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"post_content\">\n<p>The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing at 9:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 3 to examine strategic competition in an unconstrained, post&ndash;New START Treaty environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate panel examines post-New START competition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":706,"featured_media":2564482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/01\/23\/id5975323-01222026-DSC05781-US-CAPITOL-1080x720.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543,33651],"tags":[72925,72923,72921,72924,72922],"class_list":["post-2564481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","category-the-western-journal","tag-defense-policy-2","tag-new-start","tag-nuclear-policy-2","tag-senate-armed-services","tag-strategic-competition"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/01\/23\/id5975323-01222026-DSC05781-US-CAPITOL-1080x720.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/706"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2564481"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564485,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564481\/revisions\/2564485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2564482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2564481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2564481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2564481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}