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Decision on Minuteman to shape United States nuclear policy for decades
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Last Updated: May 12, 2021, 04:23 PM IST
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The outcome of the fight likely will steer nuclear policy and strategy for decades to come. It could influence how U.S. allies in Europe and Asia view the reliability of America s nuclear umbrella , the security net that has allowed most of them to forgo developing nuclear weapons of their own.
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This US Air Force photo shows an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile as it launches during a developmental test on February 5, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
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WASHINGTON For 50 years the Minuteman missile has been armed and ready, day and night, for nuclear war on a moment’s notice. It has never been launched into combat from its underground silo, but this year it became the prime target in a wider political battle over the condition and cost of the nation’s nuclear arsenal.
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Decision on Minuteman missile to shape US nuclear policy for decades 3 days ago An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test on Oct. 29, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Air Force) WASHINGTON For 50 years the Minuteman missile has been armed and ready, day and night, for nuclear war on a moment’s notice. It has never been launched into combat from its underground silo, but this year it became the prime target in a wider political battle over the condition and cost of the nation’s nuclear arsenal. Minuteman was not intended to last half a century, so it’s overdue to be replaced or refurbished. Some see this as a moment to push for scrapping it altogether, abandoning one leg of the traditional nuclear “triad” weapons that can be launched from land, sea and air. Most in Congress favor keeping the land-based leg by replacing Minuteman with a new missile; President Joe Bid