U.S. Needs to Bolster Nuclear Arsenal and Missile Defense, Experts Say
By Jon Harper
As the U.S. nuclear arsenal ages and adversaries develop better long-range missiles, the United States needs to enhance its deterrence capabilities, lawmakers and experts said during a recent high-profile gathering of members of the national security community.
Concerns about North Korea should prod policymakers into action, Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, said during a recent panel discussion at the Reagan National Security Forum in Simi Valley, California.
“At some point we’re going to wake up and our public is going to wake up to the fact that the head of North Korea … is probably going to have the capability to hit our country with an intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead on top of it,” he said.
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