The United States and Russia have reached a deal to slash thier nuclear arsenals after eight months of unexpectedly tough negotiations, sources close to the talks said Wednesday. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, who ordered the negotiations begun last July, still must sign off on the agreement, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Wednesday. The two leaders are expected to sign a treaty in Prague next month. The new treaty will replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty of 1991 and will set limits for the number of long-range deployed nuclear warheads, as well as the numbers of nuclear-capable bombers and missiles. The two sides previously agreed to reduce the number of long-range nuclear warheads deployed by each nation from a ceiling of 2,200 to between 1,500 and 1,675. The deal also would require each side to cut back their stock of strategic bombers and land- and sea-based missiles to 800, down from 1,600. The deal is the biggest step so far in Obama’s effort to scale back the world’s nuclear arsenals, and it is to be followed later by other reductions from the U.S. and Russia. The two nations’ arsenals represent 90 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons.
I think that it is not a good idea because as soon as the goverments sign it. Other countries will attack and we won’t be able to defend ourselves. Now they are thinking about reducing guns and firearms in the countries. I don’t think so. What is going to happen when the goverment will say you can’t buy firearms anymore? I will tell you people will go to other countries to buy them and use them and kill more poeple because the goverment said they couldn’t have them. People need to protect themselves from crazy people.