Posted on 04/07/2010 8:51:16 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
THE United States will retire its sea-based nuclear Tomahawk missiles within a few years, believing it has other ways to defend North-east Asia, a Pentagon official said on Wednesday.
The elimination of the missile - supported in the past by some policymakers in Japan and South Korea - was part of a policy shift announced on Tuesday by President Barack Obama's administration to reduce the role of nuclear weapons.
'The timeline for its retirement will be over the next two to three years,' James Miller, the principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, told a news conference.
He said that the United States had held 'extensive consultations' with US allies including Japan and South Korea about the decision to retire the nuclear Tomahawk, known in military jargon as the TLAM-N.
'We reached a point of mutual confidence that the TLAM-N was a redundant system not necessary for effective, extended deterrence for North-east Asia,' Mr Miller said. He said that the United States had other nuclear-capable systems including intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launches ballistic missiles.
'If we think about systems that are potentially forward-deployable, they also include our tactical aircraft and they include our heavy bombers as well,' Mr Miller said
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Mo’ money for reparations and 0bamaCare welfare schemes. I love 0bama and give me mo’ money frum his stash
I'm sure there are a few rational people who will drag this out.
Rogue. Rouge is makeup.
The usurper-in-chief is positioning us for a horrific, non-nuclear attack of obscene proportions. He is begging for it. We will pay dearly for the 2008 elections; there may be no 2012 election.
I would like to buy one.
I really do not think you able to own one. A California Businessman tried to purchase a Scud with the TEL from a third Country and failed. They usually scrap them.
I am very upset with their short sightedness
I disagree. With enough countermeasures and penetration aids, they will be able to reach their targets.If you have something called the “racetrack” where you link a number of shelters by railroad you can keep the opposition(the Russians) guessing where the missiles are.
I am as well. But this also might be deliberate, I don’t trust Obama at all.
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