{"id":380771,"date":"2010-03-02T15:21:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T20:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f95\/awaiting-nuclear-posture-review-40231\/"},"modified":"2010-03-02T15:21:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T20:21:48","slug":"awaiting-the-nuclear-posture-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/380771","title":{"rendered":"Awaiting the Nuclear Posture Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On 03.02.10 10:00 AM posted by Jeffrey Chatterton<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/secgates090917.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/secgates090917.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New York Times <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/01\/us\/politics\/01nuke.html\" >reports<\/a> that the Obama  Administration will probably change the United  States\u0092 nuclear policy in its  upcoming Nuclear Posture Review. Specifically, President Obama would like to  reduce the American nuclear arsenal by thousands of weapons but update the  technology of the existing stockpile.<\/p>\n<p>The Nuclear Posture Review will outline important steps  toward the new American policy on nuclear weapons, which is expected to further  depart from a Cold War era posture.<\/p>\n<p>\u0093The Heritage Foundation has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/Research\/NationalSecurity\/bg2266.cfm\" >proposed a \u0091protect and  defend\u0092 strategic posture<\/a> for the U.S. that is based on shifting away from the  retaliation-based strategic posture of the Cold War toward a more defensive  posture that is adapted to the emerging international  structure.\u0094<\/p>\n<p>It is possible that the Obama Administration\u0092s policy  will rely more on missile defense for protection against an attack from a  country like Iran as it reduces  the nuclear arsenal. Adopting a \u0093protect and defend\u0094 strategy is the most  effective way to minimize the nuclear threat.<\/p>\n<p>An effective strategy promotes nuclear modernization,  superior conventional weapons, and effective missile defense while reducing the  likelihood of armed conflict. Arms control is not the end in itself, but an  outcome of the strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Heritage Fellow Baker Spring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/Research\/NationalSecurity\/wm2183.cfm\" >argues<\/a> that \u0093those who  strongly favor nuclear disarmament should recognize that robust strategic  defensive measures&#8211;including ballistic missile defenses&#8211;and conventional  superiority can create a circumstance where nuclear disarmament is  appropriate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/thecable.foreignpolicy.com\/posts\/2010\/02\/25\/nuclear_posture_review_delayed_until_mid_to_late_march\" >delay in the Nuclear Posture Review\u0092s release<\/a> is  reportedly a result of intense debate between Vice President Joe Biden and  Secretary of Defense Robert Gates over U.S. \u0093declaratory  policy.\u0094 Biden supports limiting the circumstances under which the  U.S. is willing to use  nuclear weapons, which will eliminate America\u0092s ability  to strike first and prohibit the use of nuclear weapons in response to a  chemical or biological attack. Gates, on the other hand, wants to maintain a  flexible policy closer to the \u0093calculated ambiguity\u0094 currently in place.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jeffrey Chatterton is a member of the Young Leaders Program at the Heritage Foundation. For more  information on interning at Heritage, please  visit: <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/about\/departments\/ylp.cfm\" >http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/about\/departments\/ylp.cfm<\/a><\/i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/2010\/03\/02\/awaiting-the-nuclear-posture-review\/\" >http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/2010\/03\/02\/&#8230;osture-review\/<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 03.02.10 10:00 AM posted by Jeffrey Chatterton The New York Times reports that the Obama Administration will probably change the United States\u0092 nuclear policy in its upcoming Nuclear Posture Review. Specifically, President Obama would like to reduce the American nuclear arsenal by thousands of weapons but update the technology of the existing stockpile. 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