Date:
10 November 2008
Author(s):
Jeffery Smith (Defense Policy and Strategy Directorate)
Classification Level:
Secret/Formerly Restricted/Data with Top Secret/Restricted Data/NOFORN Attachments
Citation:
National Security Council. Executive Office of the President. Nuclear Posture Reform/New Triad. Jeffrey Smith. Transition 5211.
Transition Memo:
Transition5211 –Nuclear Posture Reform/New Triad
Nuclear Posture Review/New Triad
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Chronology for Nuclear Posture Review/New Triad
National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD-4, Transforming Deterrence (February 15, 2001)
President Bush's Remarks to Students and Faculty at National Defense University (May 1, 2001)
Department of Defense Nuclear Posture Review (December 2001)
National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD-10, U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces (December 21, 2001)
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions, (May 24, 2002)
National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD-14, Nuclear Weapons Planning Guidance (June 28, 2002)
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Date: 24 May 2002
Author(s): Governments of the United States and the Russian Federation
Description: 2002 SORT (Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty). Full text of treaty.
Date:1 May 2001
Author(s): George W. Bush (speech)
Description: Speech outlining Bush’s vision for new nuclear deterrence in post-Cold-War era. Highlights new technologies, fall of USSR, rise of rogue actors, potential alliance with Russia, ABM treaty, need for post-MAD policy.o
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Description: NSPD identifying rogue states’/terrorists’ nuclear proliferation, ballistic missile programs as key threat in post-Cold-War period. Document calls for multinational, multi-tiered missile defense at earliest possible date. Identifies missile defense as Administration’s “highest priority.”
National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD-23, National Policy on Ballistic Missile Defense (December 16, 2002)
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National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD-28, United States Nuclear Weapons Command and Control, Safety, and Security (June 20, 2003)
National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD-34, Fiscal Year 2004-2012 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Plan (May 6, 2004)
National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD-35, Nuclear Weapons Deployment Authorization (May 6, 2004)
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