Obama, Medvedev commit to nuclear arms reduction treaty

[OnePimpTiger]

Obama, Medvedev commit to nuclear arms reduction treaty

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a "joint understanding" Monday committing the United States and Russia to a new, legally binding arms-control treaty, according to a statement released by the White House.

The treaty will limit the number of nuclear warheads each side can deploy and the number of missiles they have to launch them.

It is designed to replace the Start I agreement, which is nearly two decades old and expires December 5.

The two countries will "conduct a joint review of the entire spectrum of means at our disposal that allow us to cooperate on monitoring the development of missile programs around the world," Obama and Medvedev said in a joint statement.

Citing the dangers of ballistic missile proliferation, the two leaders called "upon all countries having a missile potential to refrain from steps that could lead to missile proliferation and undermine regional and global stability."

I've never understood these agreements. They could cut the number on each side by 90% and there would still be enough to destroy the Earth several times over...so we will only be able to destroy Earth 17 times instead of 20 now? And this isn't a dig at Obama, every President in recent years has done something similar.

[TheTGB]

I understand your thoughts, but it has to start somewhere. Hopefully this will help improve relations with Russia after the recent issues with Jordan and our anti-missile defenses in Eurasia.