U.S. needs to hold Tehran accountable for human rights abuses and terrorism, former State Department official Ellie Cohanim says.
The head of the United States nuclear arsenal issued a chilling warning on Capitol Hill this week about the country s ability to deter nuclear war.
Admiral Charles Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command said Tuesday that for the first time in the country s history, the U.S. 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.
Adm. Charles Richard made the comments during a discussion of the nuclear force structure in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, according to
Defense News. President Joe Biden’s administration is preparing to assess the U.S.’s strategic nuclear arsenal while the Pentagon is preparing to order the development of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent missile to replace the aging Minuteman-III.
Minuteman-III missile.
The U.S.’s strategic nuclear weapons are divided among three groups: Minuteman-III ICBMs,
Ohio-class submarines armed with Trident D-5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and B-2 and B-52H strategic bombers. Read This
Each arm of the “triad” is known for specific advantages. ICBMs, for example, are fast, responsive, always ready for action, and capable of hitting their targets within 20 to 30 minutes. Missile submarines, meanwhile, are invulnerable to surprise attack, providing an “ace in the hole” that ensures hundreds of U.S.
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