Obama Knocks Teeth out of American Defense

In the treaty, each nation agrees to reduce its warheads to 1,550 each and limit its land-, air-, and sea-based launchers to 800. This is a reduction from the 2,200 warheads allowed in the Treaty of Moscow in 1992, and the 1600 launchers allowed in the original START treaty of 1991.

http://online.worldmag.com/2010/04/08/us-russia-sign-new-start-treaty/

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