Topic: The Pentagon
Under pressure to trim the massive US defense budget, the Pentagon is considering cuts to the country's formidable nuclear arsenal, a costly pillar of American military power.But there is disagreement over how many atomic bombs the United States requires in the post-Cold ...
The threat of nuclear weapons has been prevalent since the second half of the 20th century. The film opens with US General Jack D. Ripper, the commander of Burpelson Air Force Base, as he orders a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union ...
Pentagon reveals secret: US has 5,113 nuclear warheads, thousands more awaiting dismantlingThe United States has 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile and "several thousand" more retired warheads awaiting the junkpile, the Pentagon said Monday in an unprecedented accounting of a secretive arsenal ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States disclosed for the first time on Monday the current size of its nuclear arsenal, lifting the veil on once top-secret numbers in an effort to bolster non-proliferation efforts.The Pentagon said it had a total of 5,113 ...
The United States revealed for the first time Monday that it has a total of 5,113 nuclear warheads, an unprecedented move meant to bolster arms control efforts."It is in our national security interest to be as transparent as we can be about ...
The United States revealed for the first time Monday that it has a total of 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile, saying the move would bolster arms control efforts."It is in our national security interest to be as transparent as we can ...
Barack Obama may have instructed the Pentagon to prepare for massive cuts to the US nuclear arsenal, but a book published in Brazil has sparked fresh worries about nuclear proliferation.. The publication of is said by Brazilian media to have alarmed the ...
President Barack Obama has set a goal of a " "Gates is not alone in his thinking.General Kevin Chilton, head of the US Strategic Command, warns that the United States is "living today off the largesse of an industrial base and a ...