Head of US nuclear arsenal rejects calls to scrap ground-based missiles
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The head of America's nuclear arsenal issued a chilling warning on Capitol Hill this week that for the first time in history the United States is now facing two nuclear powers at the same time: Russia and China – and he can’t do it with today’s aging stockpile.
"I cannot deter with the leftovers from the Cold War forever in the future," Richard, told the Senate Armed Services Committee. Some Democratic lawmakers are calling to scrap one leg of the nuclear triad – the 400 ground-based missiles currently in silos across three states, North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. Richard testified that he needs to replace -- not update -- his fleet of 50-year-old Minuteman III missiles. "That is a 70s-era weapons system that I am going to have to employ against 2030-level threats," he said speaking about Russia and China’s growing arsenal.
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