Future Reductions In The U.S. Nuclear Stockpile

Photo: General Norton A. Schwartz

US General Asks Cut In Nuclear Stockpile -- Boston.com

Says arsenal is too large, costly.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon calls the stockpile an “active reserve.” Others call it a hidden nuclear arsenal. International arms control treaties do not apply to it and officials rarely discuss it publicly. But now, the nation’s backup supply of nuclear weapons may be next up for major cuts.

For the first time a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is suggesting the United States’ nuclear weapons reserve is too large and becoming too expensive to maintain.

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My Comment: General Norton A. Schwartz is retiring soon .... so he is either just sounding off on his own opinion, or laying the ground work for future negotiations and agreements. My prediction .... this nuclear reserve will be discussed at some future date with Russia on nuclear reductions.