Post Tagged with: "Nuclear Posture Review"
Defense Officials Clarify Nuclear Review
WASHINGTON: The Nuclear Posture Review has laid out a roadmap for the United States to follow in future nuclear dealings, and it also has raised a lot of questions in the public forum. Bradley H. Roberts, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense, and Navy Adm. John E. Roberti, deputy director for [...]
Review Reduces Weapons, Maintains Deterrence, Obama Says
WASHINGTON: The Nuclear Posture Review recognizes that nuclear terrorism by violent extremists and nuclear proliferation to more states – not a nuclear exchange between nations – pose the greatest threat to U.S. and global security, President Barack Obama noted in a statement issued today. Obama called the review, released today, a major step toward fulfilling [...]
US nuclear guidelines ‘significant policy shift’: think tank
The new US nuclear weapons guidelines are a significant policy shift that show President Barack Obama is making good on his commitment to reduce atomic weapons, a leading defence think tank said Tuesday. “I welcome the release of the Nuclear Posture Review and its core message: that the United States is taking steps to reduce [...]
Russia to withdraw from arms reduction deal if US increases missile defense
Moscow: Russia may withdraw from the arms reduction treaty if Washington significantly increases its missile defense, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama are to sign a new strategic arms treaty on Thursday in Prague. The pact will replace the START 1 treaty, the cornerstone [...]
Nuclear Review Takes Comprehensive Look at Strategy
WASHINGTON: The Nuclear Posture Review, released today, is the first overarching look at U.S. nuclear strategy since the end of the Cold War, a senior defense official briefing reporters on background said yesterday. The review builds on President Barack Obama’s promise to take concrete steps toward the goal of achieving the safety and security of [...]


