"We are still working through exactly how" a portion of the B-52 bomber fleet will be converted to conventional-only roles, James N. Miller, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, told the Senate Armed Services Committee's strategic forces panel in May. The conversion would allow the United States to exclude some 30 B-52s from counting as nuclear delivery platforms under the New START agreement with Russia. The move would also help the US meet its overall nuclear force structure targets.
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机译：国防部负责政策事务的副副部长詹姆斯·米勒（James N. Miller）对参议院军事委员会战略部队小组说：“我们仍在研究如何将一部分B-52轰炸机机队转变为仅常规的角色。”可以。根据与俄罗斯的新START协议，这种转换将使美国将30架B-52排除在核交付平台之外。此举还将帮助美国实现其总体核力量结构目标。
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