Obama urged to cut nuclear arsenal

An influential panel is calling for an 80% reduction of US nuclear weapons and an elimination of all nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missiles.

An influential panel is calling for an 80% reduction of US nuclear weapons and an elimination of all nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missiles.

In a report for the advocacy group Global Zero, retired General James Cartwright and others argue that the US needs no more than 900 total nuclear weapons for its security in a post-Cold War world.

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