Steps Needed to Curb Reliance on U.S. Nukes: Analysis
A substantive effort by the United States to curb its reliance on nuclear weapons must involve narrowing the function such arms would serve in confronting various potential enemies, or fully excluding some rivals from strategic nuclear war plans, the Federation of American Scientists said in an analysis on Thursday (see GSN, April 8, 2010).The Obama administration called in its 2010 Nuclear Posture Review for curbs on the centrality of nuclear weapons in U.S. strategy. However, the review maintains prior stances for all nations covered by existing targeting plans because they are either nuclear powers, countries outside the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, or nations in defiance of the NPT framework and in possession of chemical or biological arsenals, according to the assessment.
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