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U.S. to trim air, sea and land nuke launchers under U.S.-Russia treaty: officials
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Posted on 04/08/2014 9:18:10 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

U.S. to trim air, sea and land nuke launchers under U.S.-Russia treaty: officials 11:32am EDT

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will scale back its land, sea and air nuclear missile launchers under a New START treaty with Russia but not retire a ballistic missile squadron as some lawmakers had expected, U.S. officials told Reuters.

The U.S. military will disable four missile launch tubes on each of its 14 U.S. nuclear submarines, convert 30 B-52 nuclear bombers to conventional use and empty 50 intercontinental ballistic missile silos, senior administration officials said on condition of anonymity.

The plan is expected to be formally announced on Tuesday.

One official said the government wanted to maintain flexibility across its land, sea and air weapons systems. "It provides us a bit of a hedge," said the official.

The New START treaty reached in President Barack Obama's first term called for cuts in the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads in the United States and Russia to 1,550 apiece by 2018, down from the previous ceiling of 2,200. It was agreed in 2010 and went into force on February 5, 2011.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: disarmament; nationalsecurityfail; newstart; newstarttreaty; obama; russia; start; starttreaty; ukraine; viktoryanukovich; yuliatymoshenko
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1 posted on 04/08/2014 9:18:10 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

And just what does Russia give up?.......(crickets)


2 posted on 04/08/2014 9:20:49 AM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Damn...look how “flexible” Obama can be.

Treasonous, traitorous bastage.


3 posted on 04/08/2014 9:21:30 AM PDT by Jeff Head
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To: Sub-Driver

While Russia is moving across Eastern Europe it’s vital we cut back on our military.

/sarc


4 posted on 04/08/2014 9:23:35 AM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: Sub-Driver

And has Congress ratified this treaty?


5 posted on 04/08/2014 9:23:45 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_START#United_States


6 posted on 04/08/2014 9:26:10 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Dejavu?

What happen???

Someone set us up the bomb!!!

7 posted on 04/08/2014 9:27:37 AM PDT by meadsjn
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8 posted on 04/08/2014 9:27:57 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

“And has Congress ratified this treaty?”

The president does not need ratification as all military forces are under his command. He could, for example, order all Air Force and Navy planes scrapped tomorrow at 9:00am. At this point, I’m not certain the order would be complied with, but he has eliminated dozens of command level officers for some reason.


9 posted on 04/08/2014 9:28:07 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Sub-Driver

Under Obama’s command, the Minutemen would have brought tea to the British Regulars.


10 posted on 04/08/2014 9:28:43 AM PDT by Mich Patriot (PITCH BLACK is the new "transparent")
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To: Sub-Driver

When was this ratified by the Senate?


11 posted on 04/08/2014 9:28:55 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Sub-Driver
yeah..just like in 1919; the USA was disarmed itself. (Wash. Naval agreement)
no one can dispute (B@$t@$d) pResident Bathhouse 0'Muslim, was going to do this.

12 posted on 04/08/2014 9:30:15 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: Sub-Driver

Obamie must be so proud...in a leftist whacko radical sort of way.


13 posted on 04/08/2014 9:33:37 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Sub-Driver
The leader and goat just being flexible...


14 posted on 04/08/2014 9:34:04 AM PDT by Dallas59 ("Remember me as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you will be," -Epitap)
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To: Sub-Driver
The New START treaty reached in President Barack Obama's first term called for cuts in the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads in the United States and Russia to 1,550 apiece by 2018, down from the previous ceiling of 2,200. It was agreed in 2010 and went into force on February 5, 2011.

The good think about reducing the number of nukes is that it saves money and makes it easier to safeguard the remaining inventory. The bad thing is that at some inventory level the situation becomes unstable in the sense that a preemptive strike can disable so much of the other side's force that a first strike becomes tactically advantageous for the side that disables the other side's capability. In other words, reducing the stockpile below a certain threshold is destabilizing. It is time (or past time) to start worrying about whether we are there or about to reach that level.

15 posted on 04/08/2014 9:35:38 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Sub-Driver
This is the beginning of the commie left's dream come true.

16 posted on 04/08/2014 9:40:55 AM PDT by Phillyred
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To: Sub-Driver

This is insane............................


17 posted on 04/08/2014 9:48:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: Sub-Driver
"The plan is expected to be formally announced on Tuesday. "

WTF?!!!!!!!!!!!! What ever happened to 'bargaining chip' and holding this agreement hostage in exchange for a Putin reversal in the Ukraine? Team Barry are the most traitorous administration, EVER!!!!! This smells like Barry is a Soviet-operative. His parents met in a Russian language class, hmmmm....

18 posted on 04/08/2014 9:48:38 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: dfwgator; Gen.Blather
It was ratified in the lame duck session of 2010.

When it came out of committee(14-4), Kerry and Lugar has a signing ceremony, which Big Henry attended so as to bestow his blessings on the treaty. In the run=up to the senate ratification all the Realist Ex-SOSs came out in a co=ordinated effort of support. Kissinger, James Baker, George Schultz, Colin Powell, Condi Rice.

The NeoCons threw up a big battle to stop it but as I recall it passed with 71 votes

19 posted on 04/08/2014 9:51:42 AM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: Sub-Driver; Nachum

So the ‘outrage a day’ coming from this administration since Jan. 20, 2009 continues without pause or quarter. Traitorous Marxists.


20 posted on 04/08/2014 9:53:33 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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