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Author : Yu. Belobrov
Candidate of Science (Political Science), Senior Research Associate, Institute of Contemporary Interna-
tional Studies, Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Candidate
of Science (Political Science)
WHILE CLAMORING to rid the world of all its nukes, pursuing a
propaganda ballyhoo that it has orchestrated with support from a
large group of allies and numerous deceived champions of immedi-
ate nuclear disarmament, the United States is aiming nuclear weapons
and cutting-edge conventional arms at practically all countries.
The Prompt Global Strike (PGS) concept, adopted by the adminis-
trations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, is based
on the thesis that the United States may be drawn into a conflict that
breaks out somewhere outside the reach of American military bases
abroad and naval forces and develops too quickly for U.S. troops to
be able to reach its site in good time. Targets for U.S. attacks would
exist briefly and be vulnerable only for a short time. Besides, they might be well protected from
air strikes.
The U.S. Defense Department expects the PGS arsenal to strengthen the deterrence forces, en-
abling them to destroy crucial enemy facilities or "mobile targets" at any time during a conflict,
including at the very start of it.
The PGS program would block the international nuclear arms reduction process, prevent the
signing of new arms control agreements, and encourage many countries to acquire weapons of
mass destruction and means of defense against them.
The PGS project received a boost from the Obama administration's declared plan to press for
the complete global nuclear disarmament. The revised U.S. National Military Strategy, published
in June 2015, describes this project as crucial for achieving American military superiority over
potential adversaries, including Russia.
As other measures to avoid misunderstanding, U.S. Air Force analysts have proposed using dif-
ferent deployment sites for PGS and nuclear missiles and improving cooperation with Russia.
Eventually, these measures would enable Russia and other nations to distinguish potential non-
nuclear U.S. strikes from nuclear attacks. All this allegedly would build confidence and mutual
understanding, improve cooperation and dispel suspicions about the PGS project.
It is imperative to launch intensive campaigns at the United Nations and other international bod-
ies, primarily the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS and the Collective Security Treaty
Organization, to explain the mounting danger of the PGS project to the international community
as it threatens to upset strategic stability and global security and would have new unpredictable
consequences for the entire humankind.
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