Austerity may hasten reduction in US nuclear arsenal
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- Key policy imperatives
- Dealing with near-obsolete arsenal elements
- Replacing old facilities
- Sustained investment -- particularly personnel
- Nuclear arsenal politics and policy considerations
- Obama's pledges to the Senate
- Budget Control Act pressures
- Cost of unpredictable funding
- How many weapons?
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