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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump administration orders assessment on bolstering nuclear warheads as talks with Russia stall
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This is fucking insane: The Trump administration has asked the military to assess how quickly it could pull nuclear weapons out of storage and load them onto bombers and submarines if an arms control treaty with Russia is allowed to expire in February.
@DecoherenceWave
This is fucking insane: The Trump administration has asked the military to assess how quickly it could pull nuclear weapons out of storage and load them onto bombers and submarines if an arms control treaty with Russia is allowed to expire in February.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/28/trump-russia-nuclear-deal-talks-422736
The Trump administration has asked the military to assess how quickly it could pull nuclear weapons out of storage and load them onto bombers and submarines if an arms control treaty with Russia is allowed to expire in February, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
The request to U.S. Strategic Command in Nebraska is part of a strategy to pressure Moscow into renegotiating the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty before the U.S. presidential election, the people said.
In making the request, the Trump administration wants to underscore that it is serious about letting the treaty lapse if Russia fails to meet U.S. demands. The negotiating team is leery that Russia is dragging out the talks in the hope that Joe Biden who has pledged to extend New START under what Moscow believes will be more favorable terms than what this White House is offering wins the election.
Its a clear signal that the costs for not negotiating before the election are going to go up, said one of the people, who requested anonymity to relay sensitive discussions. The Trump administration is trying to create an incentive, and its a real incentive, for the Russians to sit down and actually negotiate.
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Trump administration orders assessment on bolstering nuclear warheads as talks with Russia stall (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2020
OP
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)1. V. Putin is curious
GeorgeGist
(25,311 posts)2. Putin's idea?
Karadeniz
(22,474 posts)3. Wants to look like he is tough and cares about US security...fake.