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September  \n30,you might have beenable to hear a collectivesigh of relief around theworld.  \nIt came after GeorgeBush,the President of theUnited States,took the firstgiant step in lifting thethreat of nuclear war thathas scared the world formore than 45 years.In a na-tionwide TV speech,Bushannounced that he would:  \n● Destroy all U.S.land-based short-range nuclearweapons based in EuropeandAsia.These are “battle-field\"nuclear weapons一missiles designed to hit tar-gets only a few hundredmiles away and nuclear ar-  \nIn a DramaticAnnouncement,President BushOrders theDestruction ofLarge Numbersof U.S.NuclearArms  \nSovlet President Gorbachevfollowed Bush's lead andannounced huge cuts in theSovlet nuclear arsenal.  \nC.C.C.P.Is the Russian abbrevlatlon for Sovlet Unlon.  \ntillery shells that are firedfrom large guns.The U.S.has a total of 2,990 of theseweapons.  \nDestroy all U.S.singlewarhead ICBMs(Intercon-tinental Ballistic Missiles).These are missiles capableof hitting targets manythousands of miles away一such as targets in the cen-ter of the Soviet Union.These weapons are sched-uled to be destroyed underan arms control treaty al-ready signed by the U.S.and the Soviet Union.ButPresident Bush said thatthey will be destroyed morequickly than the treaty re-quires.The U.S.has 450 ofthese weapons.Withdraw all nuclear  \nAmerlcoi Fis Schol Meapoper Fat 1902 Vol.91 IssIa 6 Week of Ocrcber 18.1991  \n# CURRENT EVENTS\n\nENDING THE ARMS RACE  \nweapons from U.S.surfaceships,submarines,andland-based naval aircraft.There are 1,850 of theseweapons.  \n● Withdraw all U.S.bombers from a state of\"high alert.\"For more than40 years,a portion of allU.S.bombers have beenready to fly at a moment'snotice to repulse a nuclearattack.Now their bombswill be stored and they willbe able to fly only on 24hours notice.  \nSeek an immediateagreement with the SovietUnion to eliminate allICBMs with multiple war-heads.Such ICBMs caneach carry up to 10 sepa-rately-targeted warheads.  \nThere are 2,000 of theseweapons.  \nBush said that the U.S.would retain its 5,400 sub-marine launched ballisticmissile warheads.He alsosaid he would push to buildmore B-2 advanced bomb-ers and SDI,a space-basedsystem designed to destroyenemy warheads aimed atthe U.S.  \nSoviet Reaction  \nPresident Bush said thatthe U.S.would make theseweapons cuts regardless ofwhat any other nation,in-cluding the Soviet Union,did.But he hoped that theSoviet Union,the othergreat nuclear power,would  \n(continued on page 2)  \nReyelad Paper  \nmake similar cuts in its arse-nal.  \nBush was not disap-pointed.On October 5,So-viet President Mikhail Gor-bachev,after studying theU.S.cuts,announced similarcuts in the Soviet nuclear ar-senal.Then he went further.He called upon the other nu-clear powers-Great Britain,France,and China-to joinwith the U.S.and the SovietUnion in cutting the nucleararms.  \nIn a televised address,Gorbachev also announcedthat the Soviet Union wouldstop testing nuclear weaponsfor one year.And he calledupon all nuclear powers tomeet to discuss even more  \n## ARMS RACE\n\nfar-ranging cuts.  \nThe Arms Race  \nEven when the arms cutsannounced by PresidentBush and President Gor-bachev go into effect,boththe US.and the Soviet Unionwill still be armed to theteeth.Both nations will stillhave enough nuclear arms todestroy the other many timesover.  \nYet,in the eyes of theworld,the first great step inending the frightening nu-clear arms race has beentaken.The nuclear arms raceis a race that has terified andtormented humanity sincethe end of World War II(1939-45).  \nThe first atomic bomb was  \nFOCUS ON THE  \n\n| neWS   |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| U.S.and Soviet Nuclear Weaponry   |  |\n| U.S.and Soviet nuclear weapons and their  \u003Cbr>Soviet  \u003Cbr>U.S.  \u003Cbr>delivery systems include thefollowing:   |  |\n| Intercontinental  \u003Cbr>2,450  \u003Cbr>ballistic missiles   | 6,530   |\n| Submarine-launched  \u003Cbr>5,024  \u003Cbr>ballistic missiles   | 3,642   |\n| Short-range  \u003Cbr>3,000  \u003Cbr>attack missiles  ","cbCaiofVsMbrNRoR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiofVsMbrNRoR","pdf",2928378,"English","# Current Events\n## Arms Race\n## Focus on the News","[{\"question\":\"What did President Bush announce regarding U.S. nuclear weapons?\",\"answer\":\"He announced several major reductions, including destroying land-based short-range nuclear weapons in Europe and Asia, withdrawing nuclear weapons from U.S. surface ships, submarines, and land-based naval aircraft, and lowering bomber readiness from immediate high alert status.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the Soviet Union respond to Bush’s announcement?\",\"answer\":\"Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev studied the U.S. cuts and announced similar reductions in the Soviet nuclear arsenal, going further by calling on other nuclear powers to join in cutting nuclear arms.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is this considered a significant step in ending the nuclear arms race?\",\"answer\":\"The text argues that despite continuing nuclear capabilities, the announced reductions represent the first great step in ending a frightening nuclear arms race that has driven intense hostility since World War II.\"}]","In a Dramatic Announcement, President Bush Orders the Destruction of Large Numbers of U.S. Nuclear Arms | PDF",1790705995,23]