Strategic Command boss warns of nuclear ‘point of no return’
By: Aaron Mehta  
WASHINGTON — An aggressive modernization of the U.S. nuclear arsenal must be funded by Congress in the coming years, or the Department of Defense risks losing its strategic capabilities in the long term, a top American general warned Thursday.
“If we do not invest smartly in our nuclear enterprise now, we may begin to reach points of no return,†said Adm. Chas Richard, the head of U.S. Strategic Command. “I predict [that will] start in the nuclear weapons complex, next in the nuclear command and control, and finally in the triad delivery systems.
“When we talk about the modernization of the triad, what we leave out is the ‘or else.’ The other choice is not to keep what we have. The entire triad is reaching the end of its useful life. Either we replace what we have now, or start to divest, almost on a path to disarmament, in the face of this growing threat.â€
https://www.defensenews.com/smr/nuclear-arsenal/2020/02/28/stratcom-head-warns-us-near-nuclear-point-of-no-return/
