80% less nuclear weapons - a good start

Fantastic news - link to article. Even better is the part where Obama implies he will ditch the missile shield.

The missile shield is the most immoral weapon since Genghis Khan invented the testicle crusher. It is sold as a defensive system, but in truth it's useful only as part of an offensive strategy.

Think about it, if it was intended only for defensive purposes, the greatest missile shield imaginable would not cope with an attack of enemy missiles each with multiple warheads and their own countermeasures.

But as part of an offensive strategy, where the aggressor attempts to crush the enemy with a first strike, a missile shield makes sense. After devastating the enemy with hundreds of missiles (fired from submarines only a few miles from the coast), the missile shield would be useful in mopping up the odd one or two retaliatory missiles the attacked country could fire off.