Friday, October 24, 2014

Russia now has more deployed nuclear warheads than the U.S.

Michaela Dodge reports that Russia now has more deployed nuclear warheads than the U.S. What can be done about it?
To reaffirm U.S. commitment to its allies and international security, the U.S. should withdraw from New START and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, modernize its nuclear forces and infrastructure (which have been underfunded for decades), develop and deploy a comprehensive layered missile defense system that would be capable of addressing Russia’s ballistic missile threat, and re-evaluate its strategic posture. U.S. and allied security and stability in the European theatre depend on these steps being taken.
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