White House Not Considering Slashing Deployed Arsenal to 300 Nukes: Expert -- Global Security Newswire
The Obama administration did not request that the U.S. Defense Department examine the potential for slashing the number of U.S. strategic nuclear warheads kept at launch-readiness to as low as 300 weapons, U.S. News and World Report on Tuesday quoted one arms control expert as saying (see GSN, March 27).
"The Pentagon was never asked to look at options for going to 300," said Brookings Institution Arms Control Initiative Director Steven Pifer, relaying information learned in talks with Pentagon officials.
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Update: Source Says White House Never Floated Cut to Only 300 Warheads -- US News And World Report
My Comment: It took them 2 months to deny the original story?
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