The Obama Administration is currently rushing to establish a treaty to succeed the expiring Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). Early indications are that this new agreement will limit U.S. options to field conventionally armed missiles—something Congress warned the Administration not to do. Conventionally armed missiles provide the U.S. with a valuable option in protecting and defending the U.S. and its allies against strategic attack. Without this option, the U.S. would be more—not less—dependent on the nuclear-armed missiles in its strategic arsenal.