The Clinton administration is not endorsing total nuclear disarmament, so it will not happen anytime soon. But it takes for granted that at least some level of nuclear force will be retained for the foreseeable future. The administration isn't seriously considering a zero-nukes option. The declaration by Sergei Yushenov, who heads the Defense Committee of the Duma, the Russian parliament's lower house, was repeated in a Foreign Ministry statement later Monday. That means that the missiles have no target coordinates in their computer memory and will not move even in the case of an unauthorized launch, Sergeyev said.
Some people never learn.