Reduction in Sub Missiles Made Up Most of U.S. Nuke Weapon Cuts in 2017

摘要

The United States reached its strategic nuclear-arms reduction obligations well in advance of a Feb. 5 deadline prescribed by the New START treaty with Russia, and a cut in deployed submarine-based missiles made up the largest reduction by missile count in 2017, according a document published Friday by the U.S. Department of State. The State Department publishes updates on U.S. compliance with the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty on a quarterly basis. The previous update, published in October, showed the United States had met its treaty commitments as of Sept. 1. However, that notice lacked a detailed breakdown of the type of missiles the U.S. had taken out of the field in 2017 - something Friday’s update remedies.