US unveils new nuclear weapons strategy

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/06/obama.nuclear.weapons/index.html?hpt=C1

Washington (CNN) -- The United States will swear off the development of new generations of nuclear weapons and will not use its existing arsenal to attack nonnuclear states that are in compliance with nonproliferation agreements, the Obama administration said Tuesday.

The shift, a consequence of the government's Nuclear Posture Review, reflects the administration's changing view of the role of nuclear weapons in a post-Cold War world struggling to control the spread of potential devastating military technology.

Among other things, the new American stance is meant to provide an incentive for countries to stay within the rules of the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a senior administration official said.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Adm. Mike Mullen, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, announced the change two days before President Obama is to sign a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia that reduces both countries' missile stockpiles.

The new American stance "represents a milestone in the transformation of our nuclear forces," Clinton said. It is the result of a recalibration "to prevent nuclear proliferation" and "nuclear terrorism."

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

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http://www.cnn.com/2...dex.html?hpt=C1

Washington (CNN) -- The United States will swear off the development of new generations of nuclear weapons and will not use its existing arsenal to attack nonnuclear states that are in compliance with nonproliferation agreements, the Obama administration said Tuesday.

The shift, a consequence of the government's Nuclear Posture Review, reflects the administration's changing view of the role of nuclear weapons in a post-Cold War world struggling to control the spread of potential devastating military technology.

Among other things, the new American stance is meant to provide an incentive for countries to stay within the rules of the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a senior administration official said.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Adm. Mike Mullen, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, announced the change two days before President Obama is to sign a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia that reduces both countries' missile stockpiles.

The new American stance "represents a milestone in the transformation of our nuclear forces," Clinton said. It is the result of a recalibration "to prevent nuclear proliferation" and "nuclear terrorism."

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Riiiiiiight, like we'd really disarm our nukes/stop having an arsenal around no matter what.

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Among other things, the new American stance is meant to provide an incentive for countries to stay within the rules of the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a senior administration official said.

Have North Korea, Iran, Russia, Pakistan and India picked themselves up off the floor from laughing yet?

Edited April 7, 2010 by DukeOfYork

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Sky is falling, indeed. So think even former Bush administration officials.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/jan-june10/nuclear_04-06.html

Stephen Rademaker has served in the administrations of both George H.W. and George W. Bush, focusing on arms control and proliferation issues.

STEPHEN RADEMAKER: And, to my mind, you know, there's a lot less change in this report than meets the eye. I think, in a lot of ways, it was drafted to suggest greater change than is really there, when one parses the exceptions, and the exceptions to the exceptions that are found, that are embedded.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Sky is falling, indeed. So think even former Bush administration officials.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/jan-june10/nuclear_04-06.html

Stephen Rademaker has served in the administrations of both George H.W. and George W. Bush, focusing on arms control and proliferation issues.

STEPHEN RADEMAKER: And, to my mind, you know, there's a lot less change in this report than meets the eye. I think, in a lot of ways, it was drafted to suggest greater change than is really there, when one parses the exceptions, and the exceptions to the exceptions that are found, that are embedded.

Oh, come on. Don't ruin the good hysteria that is brewing up on the outter right edge of the right fringe.