Moscow (UPI) Nov 7, 2008 - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is all for a resumption of nuclear tests. In a key speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, he said the United States could not maintain deterrence, reduce arms or modernize them without tests. Gates pledged to set up a special group under James Schlesinger, a former U.S. defense and energy secretary, to draft measures for the directi ... more
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US Wants To Resume Nuke Testing To Retain Bomb Making Skills
Moscow (UPI) Nov 7, 2008 - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is all for a resumption of nuclear tests. In a key speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, he said the United States could not maintain deterrence, reduce arms or modernize them without tests. Gates pledged to set up a special group under James Schlesinger, a former U.S. defense and energy secretary, to draft measures for the directi ... more
Moscow (UPI) Nov 7, 2008 - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is all for a resumption of nuclear tests. In a key speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, he said the United States could not maintain deterrence, reduce arms or modernize them without tests. Gates pledged to set up a special group under James Schlesinger, a former U.S. defense and energy secretary, to draft measures for the directi ... more
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