Obama’s Nuclear Posture Review is a disaster. It is a policy document that is completely at odds with reality, and places the United States and its allies in a position where the United States must abandon its extended deterrent commitments.
Some of its biggest problems:
The Obama NPR does not modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal, so U.S. allies and the U.S. military will have to faith that our nuclear weapons will work as advertised. This is increasingly doubtful as time passes.
The Obama NPR weakens extended deterrence by withdrawing TLAM-N. This weakens the credibility of the U.S. alliance commitment to Japan and South Korea.
The Obama NPR abandons the ability of the U.S. to respond with nuclear weapons to a biological or chemical weapons attack if conducted by a non-nuclear (as certified by the IAEA) state. Whether the U.S. would do so, or not, is not the issue. To strengthen deterrence of attack, the U.S. should not say what it would do–”all options”–should be on the table.
It is no surprise that the Obama NPR is a nightmare. The conclusion is clear: Obama is not interested in advancing American security.
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