Obama limits use of nukes

Published: 7 April 2010 y., Wednesday

The Obama administration unveiled a new nuclear policy Tuesday that restricts America’s use of nuclear weapons, reduces the country’s reliance on its nuclear deterrent and renounces America’s development of new atomic weapons.


 

Šaltinis: Reuters
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