The End of Arms Control in the Second Nuclear Age? | Gatestone Institute

So radical is this proposal that — while Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are arming themselves to the gills and seizing territory — it would reduce America’s nuclear „assets“ from over 500 missiles, bombers and submarines to less than a handful of nuclear-armed submarines.

„To my knowledge, our unilateral disarmament initiatives have done little to promote similar initiatives in our potential adversaries, and at the same time, they have reduced our arms control negotiating leverage.“ — Admiral Richard Mies (Ret.), former Commander of the United States Strategic Command