Does the United States Need Nuclear Weapons?

		Does the United States Need Nuclear Weapons?
Show Transcript Related ADM Videos: Dark Cloud: Our Strange Love Affair with the Bomb Innovation in Arms Control: De-Alerting Can We Learn to Live without Nuclear Weapons? CDI Resources: Nuclear Proliferation Issue Site Defense Monitor Weekly Ask the Expert: Adm. Eugene Carroll (USN Ret.)		uring the Cold War, Americans were bombarded with images of the Soviet threat. Nuclear weapons were considered the bulwark of America's defense. The United States spent more than one trillion dollars to build and deliver nuclear weapons. The goal was to discourage a Soviet attack or, failing that, to destroy the Soviet Union. Then, our enemy disappeared. The Soviet Union crumbled. The Warsaw Pact collapsed. Our former enemies are now recipients of US aid. Featured Experts: William Colby , Director Central Intelligence Agency 1973-76 Noam Chomsky, Professor M.I.T Janne Nolan , Senior Fellow The Brookings Institution Adm. Eugene Carroll (USN Ret.), Vice President Center for Defense Information Larry Korb, Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan Administration Jospeh Rotblat, President Pugwash International Adm. Stansfield Turner, Former Director Central Intelligence Agency Produced: February 6, 1994 Running Time: 29 minutes Show Number: 721 Price: $19

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