Statement of Robert D. Reischauer, Director Congressional Budget Office before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate

Abstract

I appreciate the opportunity to testify today about the costs and other effects of reducing U.S. nuclear forces. This testimony is based on a forthcoming Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study of nuclear forces prepared at the request of the Chairman of the Subcommittee on European Affairs. To deter military attacks, the United States and the Soviet Union each deployed tens of thousands of nuclear warheads during the Cold War, including long-range or "strategic" warheads as well as shorter-range or "theater" warheads.1 But the Soviet Union has changed drastically in recent months, most importantly in its attitudes and its willingness to work with the United States on issues of foreign policy. In view of these new developments, it seems incongruous that both countries continue to aim huge numbers of the most destructive weapons ever invented at each other.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 25, 1991
Accession Number
AD1001727

Entities

People

  • Robert D. Reischauer

Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fissile Materials
  • Ground Based
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Monitoring
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Space Based
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Strategic Security Studies