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USA to cut military spending: will it be jobs cut or nuclear arsenal cut?

Factbox: For cuts, Pentagon must choose among weapons, personnel (Reuters) Reporting by David Alexander; Editing by Warren Strobel and Kieran Murray, 15 Aug 11– A decision to cut $350 billion in security spending over the next decade will force the Pentagon to make difficult trade-offs that could lead to layoffs, canceled weapons systems or a smaller nuclear arsenal……

NUCLEAR ARSENAL   The U.S. government could make substantial savings by reducing the size of its nuclear arsenal. Under the New START nuclear arms treaty with Russia ratified this year, deployed nuclear warheads are due to be cut to 1,550 in seven years. In securing Senate approval, the administration promised to spend billions on modernizing the nuclear arsenal.

Analysts say the United States could save huge amounts of money by reducing the nuclear arsenal even further and eliminating one leg of the so-called triad of delivery systems — missiles, bombers and submarines.

The Sustainable Defense Task Force recommended cutting deployed nuclear warheads to 1,000 on seven nuclear submarines and 160 Minuteman missiles while eliminating the nuclear bomber force.It estimated savings of $113.5 billion through 2020….http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/15/us-usa-defense-cuts-idUSTRE77E4JH20110815

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August 16, 2011 - Posted by | USA, weapons and war

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