By making the United States pay for its right to deploy missile defenses with cuts in strategic nuclear forces if Moscow has its way, at levels below 1500 warheads this country would be driven into an imprudent, if not reckless, minimum deterrence posture .

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Russian Gambit on Buying Missile Defense at Cost of Nuclear Deterrence is a Non-STARTer

By making the United States pay for its right to deploy missile defenses with cuts in strategic nuclear forces -- if Moscow has its way, at levels below 1500 warheads -- this country would be driven into an imprudent, if not reckless, minimum deterrence posture .

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy