Debate Heats Up Over Conventional, Nuclear Deterrence Tradeoffs


Debate Heats Up Over Conventional, Nuclear Deterrence Tradeoffs -- Elaine M. Grossman  -- Global Security Newswire  -- March 19, 2010
Conventional Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles

With an eye toward making good on U.S. President Barack Obama's nearly year-old pledge to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. national security, some of his top lieutenants have begun asserting that technological advances now allow greater reliance on conventional arms for strategic deterrence.

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