1989 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, denuclearization of the United States

False START

By Frank Gaffney Jr.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

President Obama announced last Thusday that he had concluded a follow-on to the 1989 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia. He characterized the cuts that it would make in the two nations’ nuclear arsenals as a major step towards his goal of ridding the world of nuclear weapons. In practice, however, the so-called “New STARTâ€