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Shrug. The article is mostly a tale of two, uh, causes of excitement. It doesn't make a sweeping claim about getting rid of anything. "continually reduced its
by psn 13y ago
Shrug. The article is mostly a tale of two, uh, causes of excitement. It doesn't make a sweeping claim about getting rid of anything.
"continually reduced its nuclear stockpile, or that we've been at the forefront of promoting non-proliferation."
I'm amused. Its easy to promote other people not having weapons :). Its worth noting that the US is still the world's largest nuclear power. The RRW program would have featured replacing every existing weapon, probably the US resuming tests, and it was pretty expenvise - are you really surprised it got cancelled?
- InclinedPlane 13y agoTo make things crystal clear here: the US has vastly reduced its deployed nuclear warheads and stockpiles over time. The US currently has less than 1/10th as many warheads deployed as during the peak of the Cold War, and that number is continuing to drop. Also note that in fact Russia has more deployed warheads than the US currently.
- justatdotin 13y agolet's not ignore the fact that USA continues to develop new nukes, designed for deployment, not detterence.