Pry: America Racing Toward Nuclear Obsolescence
February 25, 2020Peter Pry
Originally published at Newsmax.com
President Trump’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is making heroic efforts to reverse decades of neglect by advancing Life Extension Programs (LEPs) for U.S. nuclear weapons — all designed and built 30-40 years ago.
But the U.S. nuclear scientific-industrial base is so “hollowed-out†that America may never be able to catch-up with Russia and China in modern, new=generation, offensive nuclear weapons that deter Moscow and Beijing and enforce peace.
U.S. nuclear weapons are Cold War relics, now long past their original service lives, being refurbished to serve as re-sharpened teeth of America’s nuclear deterrent:
https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2020/02/25/pry-america-racing-toward-nuclear-obsolescence/
