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Potential of strategic nuclear forces, especially with missile complexes that can reliably penetrate any existing and prospective missile defense systems. >> reporter: a clear shot at u.s. defense plans in europe, something russia believes is a threat. within hours president-elect trump tweeted, quote, the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. the $2 raising the specter of an arms race renewed. donald trump, briefed just yesterday by senior air force officers on the need to modernize the aging n...

He said russia needs to enhance the combat capability of strategic nuclear forces primarily by strengthening missile complexes that will be guaranteed to penetrate existing and future missile defense systems. is that -- >> there is one of several -- no, no, there are several countries in the past weeks, russia being one of them. but the bottom line is this, the president is going to put our nation's security and safety first. and he's not going to worry about how it's -- he's going to do it. that's what every american should understand that he's not going to be a passive president. he's going ...

Potential of strategic nuclear forces, especially with missile complexes that can reliably penetrate any missile defense systems. >> let me bring in the editor of "world policy journal" and michael joho johan -- o'hanlon. let me begin michael with you. i want to get back to this letter and trump's statement in a moment. but on the nukes specifically and bosch riis mentioned this, sean spicer was on tv today and he denied that these words were any escalation. this is what he told allison on "new day." >> he is going to do what it takes to protect this country and if another country or countries...

>> we need to strengthen the military potential of strategic forces especially with missile complexes that can reliably pen trait any missile defense systems. within hours president-elect trump tweeted the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. the two declarations raising the specter of an arms race renewed. donald trump briefed on the need to modernize the aging infrastructure. during the second presidential debate, a hint of his thinking.

Yesterday about the nuclear modernization program, we are led to believe but he did tweet this today so we have to unpack it is he talking about modernizing u.s. capability? is he talking about some kind of expansion of the existing force of nuclear warheads which are limited by treaties? but the timing this comes after -- earlier today in moscow vladimir putin made some remarks about russia's nuclear weapons capability. let me quickly read that. the russian leader saying "we need to strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces, especially with missile complexes that can relia...