White House's NPR Implementation Study Eyes Smaller Nuclear Arsenal

摘要

The degree to which the Obama administration might slash the nation's nuclear arsenal is being weighed by the White House in an ongoing study that was initially slated to be completed late last year. The Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study is under way as directed by President Obama as part of the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review, an administration official said. The analysis, the official noted, is focused on achieving the five strategic objectives established in the NPR: preventing nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism; reducing the role of nuclear weapons in the U.S. national strategy; maintaining strategic deterrence and stability at reduced nuclear force levels; strengthening deterrence and reassuring U.S. allies and partners; and sustaining a safe, secure and effective nuclear arsenal.