re: #284 albusteve

because of the provisions for withdrawal if ‘threatened’, whatever that is…and the fact that there is little difference between 1500 or 2500 if you decide to use them…

Well yes, there’s always a provision in these treaties to withdraw. But if I’m not mistaken, the weapons or launchers must be stored in a certain manner that makes entering them back into service at least somewhat difficult in all cases. Its not a 20 minute type operation, which helps.

About the numbers… well, we gotta start somewhere, and look at how difficult it was to even get this reduction.