{"id":2164,"date":"2013-02-28T15:27:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T20:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/?p=2164"},"modified":"2013-03-06T15:33:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T20:33:54","slug":"obama-getting-ready-to-reduce-nukes-a-step-in-the-right-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/obama-getting-ready-to-reduce-nukes-a-step-in-the-right-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Getting Ready to Reduce Nukes: A Step in the Right Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pubPostType\"><a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/huffingtonpost.com\/charles-knight\/obama-to-call-for-fewer-d_b_2735717.html\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">\u27aa HTML<\/a> <span class=\"varPubAuthor\">by Charles Knight<\/span>, <span class=\"varPubSource\"><em>Huffington Post<\/em>,<\/span> <span class=\"varPubDate\">28 February 2013.<\/span> <span class=\"varPubSum\">As the deployed force gets smaller it makes sense to reduce the complexity of the force structure. There is nothing magic about the triad created at the height of the Cold War. PDA has argued for moving to a dyad made up of submarines and land-based ICBMs. Ending the strategic nuclear role of bombers would reduce the requirement for (and the cost of) the new bomber currently in development and also allow the remaining bomber fleet to more effectively focus on a conventional role.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u27aa HTML by Charles Knight, Huffington Post, 28 February 2013. As the deployed force gets smaller it makes sense to reduce the complexity of the force structure. 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