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Top Nuke Targeting Officer Says U.S. At ‘Disadvantage’ Without Multilateral Nuke Reduction Treaty

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Top Nuke Targeting Officer Says U.S. At ‘Disadvantage’ Without Multilateral Nuke Reduction Treaty
President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INR) Treaty at a summit in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 8, 1987. (Photo: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library)

OMAHA, Neb. — The United States could be at a strategic disadvantage without a multilateral nuclear arms-reduction treaty, the Navy admiral in charge of setting targets for U.S. nuclear weapons said here Wednesday.“The INF [Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty] is a great system between us and Russia to limit forces within a certain range,” Rear Adm. William Houston, deputy director of strategic targeting and nuclear mission planning for U. S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), said during a panel discussion at the 2018…

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