Administration officials familiar with the situation say that Tuesday’s State of the Union Address will include a call by President Obama to renew his calls to cut the size of America’s nuclear weapons arsenal.
At present the US has around 1,700 nuclear weapons and according to reports President Obama would like to cut around one third of those weapons out, still over 1,000 when all is said and done.
Negotiating a deal with Russia on the cuts is going to be difficult, but perhaps the even bigger obstacle is Congress, with many Republicans spurning even a nominal cuts already agreed to and likely to fight to block anything larger.
President Obama has had private (and not as private as intended) talks with the Russians about cutting nuclear weapons further, but the huge US missile defense plans, which center around the Russian frontier, remains a key sticking point for Russian officials, who want a deal to combine their defensive systems, which the US insists aren’t “targeting” Russia in the first place.
Only one third.., so they will keep the rest for later use…?
Here at last one thing Obama and his admin are doing right. The U.S.A. has no need for nukes as nuclear weapons like strategic submarines and bombers are a waste of money and a burden to the economy. The U.S.A. has enough strategic deterrent with just its tactical arsenal.
It would be a very unhappy event for us citizens and for the first strike planners to find that their beloved shield didn't work after initiating an unprovoked first strike!
The missile defense shild is to allow the US to wipe out any surviving missiles fired from Russia after a first strike by the US. The Russians know this. They would be fools to reduce their nuke count as it increases the risk of a US first strike.
Pure brainwash — Watch out world
For an Empire is inherently deceitful, for they can only survive by the
same manner in which they were created, by enriching themselves
upon the misery of weaker nations and the uneducated laboring-class
in their homeland.
Maybe it's time to cut the Is-raeli nuclear arsenal down from 14,625 to 11,OOO. What do You think?