A new strategic offensive arms reduction treaty that should replace START-1 may be adopted within weeks, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen said.

Mullen said he was seriously engrossed in this work and described START-1 as historically very successful.

He expressed hope that the new treaty would be signed within weeks and that it, too, would reduce the number of weapons.

The admiral admitted that the existing arsenals in the United States and Russia were enough to destroy each other.