Deep Nuclear Arms Cuts Considered
The United States, as part of its redesign of nuclear strategy, is considering reducing its nuclear arsenal to 1,500 warheads from the current 7,000, according to U.S. officials and arms control activists.
Officials also say that the Bush administration, which begins formal missile defense consultations next week with key countries, hopes the discussions with European allies can produce a statement of “understanding,” if not of support for its plans, when NATO foreign ministers meet in June.
The debate was launched Tuesday when President Bush presented his case for building a national missile defense system and eventually withdrawing from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
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