April 4, Easter Sunday, marks the start...
their designation and a list of theoretical enemies, the relevant weapons-use status, as well as a multitude of extremely complicated strategic and technical details.The Obama administration was to have published the document in December 2009. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates submitted the draft document to the White House in May 2009. The presentation was delayed several times, and the ultimate deadline was set for late March.
These delays imply that the Pentagon, which usually opposes various innovations, and the White House administration have conducted extremely heated debates of the new nuclear doctrine.
The Department of Defense allegedly insisted on preserving the status quo and said nuclear warheads should be reduced by natural attrition, specifically at the end of their service life.
The Obama administration wanted to go further, to renounce the first use of nuclear weapons, to drastically cut warhead ceilings, to stop developing
Pages: 1 2 [3] 4 5 6 7