Max Bergmann. The Wonk Room, 17 March 2010.
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/03/17/air-force-strategists-say-us-should-cut-nukes/
Excerpt:
Noting that during the Cold War “the actual marginal utility of additional forces was quite small,” the authors conclude that a significantly smaller arsenal of nuclear weapons will be more than enough to maintain an effective deterrence and to assure allies without any cost to our security. The article backs the far reaching report from the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, which called for reductions of US forces to 500 nuclear weapons by 2025. Forsyth, Saltzman, and Schaub argue that it is possible to go even further.
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