It’s fair to say, that US and Russian negotiators hit “some bouncy patches” in the past several weeks in hashing out the details of the START follow-on agreement to reduce each side’s strategic nuclear forces, James Miller, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, said Tuesday on Capitol Hill. However, substantial progress has been made since then during talks in Geneva that has narrowed these differences, he said. In fact, “I think it is realistic to think now about concluding a treaty within the next several weeks,” he said. On this same front, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be in Moscow Thursday and Friday to discuss the progress on the new treaty with senior Russian officials, according to the State Department. (See Triad Remains above) (Miller’s prepared remarks)
Due to the prolonged delay in deliveries of the Tech Refresh 3 version of the F-35 fighter, Denmark is pulling six of its TR-2-configured F-35 jets stationed in the U.S. back to home base in order to consolidate aircraft and get better training for its pilots and maintainers, the Danish…