Deceit
Former President Barack Obama had intended to get the two Countries to cut down on nuclear development. The U.S. said they kept their part of the bargain, but Russia was still continuing with their production.
“Obama’s theory was that we will lead the way in reducing our reliance on nuclear weapons and everyone else will do the same,” said Franklin C. Miller, a nuclear expert.
“It didn’t work out that way. The Russians have been fielding systems while we haven’t, and our first new system won’t be ready until 2026 or 2027,” he added.
“This is a very mainstream nuclear policy,” Mr. Miller said of the document. “Nothing in it deserves the criticism it has received.”
Andrew C. Weber disagreed that there was need for more weaponry and believed it could create a war. Weber was once an Assistant Defense Secretary to the Obama administration.
“We’re simply mirroring the reckless Russian doctrine,” he said. “We can already deter any strike. We have plenty of low-yield weapons. The new plan is a fiction created to justify the making of new nuclear arms. They’ll just increase the potential for their use and for miscalculation. The administration’s logic is Kafkaesque.”
