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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Obama Administration Still Undecided on Nuclear Arms Cuts, General Says

Obama Administration Still Undecided on Nuclear Arms Cuts, General Says

U.S. Air Force personnel place a refurbished nuclear warhead on a Minuteman 3 ICBM in 1997. The top U.S. military commander for nuclear weapons on Tuesday suggested the Obama administration had yet to decide whether to move forward with a proposal that could include new cuts to the nation's deployed and reserve strategic forces (AP Photo/Eric Draper). By Diane Barnes
Global Security Newswire
WASHINGTON -- The head of U.S. Strategic Command on Tuesday said he believed the Obama administration had yet to reach any decision on plans that could eliminate hundreds of launch-ready and reserve weapons from the nation's nuclear arsenal, following a press report that the country's military service chiefs had signed off on the proposal.http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/senate-continuing-resolution/

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