| ID | 129135 |
| Title Proper | Scandals prompt pentagon nuclear review |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Collin, Tom Z |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In the wake of recent reports that some Air Force nuclear missile operators have been cheating on performance tests and failing to follow safety rules, the Defense Department announced Jan. 23 that it is launching a review of all U.S. nuclear forces, to be completed in three months. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said at a Jan. 24 press conference that he is "deeply concerned" about "the overall health and the professionalism and discipline of our strategic forces." At the Jan. 23 announcement event, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that the review would look not just at the Air Force's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) force, the main source of the problems, but at the "whole nuclear force," including the Air Force's long-range bombers and the Navy's strategic submarines. |
| `In' analytical Note | Arms Control Today Vol.44, No.2; March 2014: p.39 |
| Journal Source | Arms Control Today Vol.44, No.2; March 2014: p.39 |
| Key Words | U.S. Nuclear Weapons ; U.S. Nuclear Arms Spending Set to Rise ; Activists Sentenced ; Strategic Forces ; Intercontinental Ballistic Missile - ICBM ; Whole Nuclear Force ; Strategic Submarines ; United States - US ; Nuclear Policy ; Unmanned Aerial Systems - UASs ; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - UAVs ; Tactical Weapons ; Lethal Weapons ; Contemporary Nuclear Issue ; US Naval Strategy ; US Submarine Strategy ; US Air Force - USAF ; US Naval Force - USNF |