“While we will be relentless in ensuring our nuclear capabilities are effective, the US is not turning away from its long-held arms control, non-proliferation, and nuclear security objectives,” Mattis said. “Our commitment to the goals of the treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) remains strong,” he said. Russia, Mattis said, is modernising these weapons as well as its other strategic systems. The Nuclear report also said the US will not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapons states that are party to the NPT and in compliance with their nuclear nonproliferation obligations. “While we have continued to reduce the size of our nuclear arsenal, countries like Russia and China have moved in the opposite direction.

Source: Indian Express February 03, 2018 07:30 UTC