A Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile launcher takes part in a rehearsal for the May 9 Victory Day parade in a military base in Alabino outside Moscow April 22, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
Obama Pushes Big Cut In Nuclear Weapons. Is That A Good Idea? -- Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor
In Berlin, President Obama calls for cutting US deployed nuclear weapons by one-third and urges NATO allies to pursue 'the security of a world without nuclear weapons.'
In a Berlin speech on Wednesday, President Obama proposed cutting deployed US strategic nuclear weapons by one-third. These reductions would occur pursuant to US-Russian negotiations aimed at getting the world’s two big nuclear powers to move beyond “cold war nuclear postures," Mr. Obama said.
The US president also said he would work with NATO allies to see big cuts in smaller, tactical nuclear weapons based in Europe.
“Peace with justice means pursuing the security of a world without nuclear weapons – no matter how distant that dream may be,” said Obama.
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