Report: US must modernize nuke force to retain it as an effective deterrent
February 03, 2018 Corey Dickstein - Stars and Stripes
China and Russia have poured billions of dollars into advancing their nuclear weapons systems and the United States must do the same to retain a credible deterrent against the use of the world’s most powerful arms, according to Pentagon officials.
The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, a policy document from President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled Friday at the Pentagon, reaffirms a long-held American doctrine that includes limiting the use of nuclear weapons to “extreme circumstances†and the need to maintain the nation’s nuclear triad of land-, sea-, and air-based capabilities.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2018/02/report-us-must-modernize-nuke-force-to-retain-it-as-an-effective-deterrent/
