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The U.S. Air Force has unveiled the first official rendering of its next-generation nuclear cruise missile, the AGM-181 ...
The Nuclear Triad Remains a National Necessity The Ohio -class ballistic-missile submarine USS Rhode Island returns to its homeport at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., March 7, 2019.
Across five Western states — under farmland, windblown fields of grazing cattle and Great Plains plateaus — 400 aging nuclear-armed ballistic missiles stand at the ready. From a distance, the ...
With the United States embarking on an enormously expensive top-to-bottom reconstitution of its nuclear arsenal, the moment has arrived to end a nearly 60-year national commitment to the nuclear ...
The U.S. Secretary of Defense has committed to maintaining the current nuclear triad. Each leg of the triad will need replacing over the next thirty years, at a cost of approximately $300 billion.
The B-2 can carry the B61 and B83 nuclear bombs. The B-52, meanwhile, can carry a variety of air-launched cruise missiles outfitted with nuclear warheads, such as the AGM-86B and the AGM-129.
The nuclear triad refers to the three ways the U.S. is capable of firing nuclear weapons. As Florida Sen. Marco Rubio explained during the debate following Trump’s mishmash of a response: ...
Here is the nuclear triad we actually need for deterrence by Andrew C. Weber, opinion contributor - 05/20/21 10:30 AM ET ...
The nuclear triad is not sacred, and at a time of national transition with multiple crises in urgent need of funds and attention, this is a perfect moment to reconsider the need for it.
The United States is planning to modernize its strategic nuclear deterrent for the first time since the Cold War ended over thirty years ago. The deterrent comprises three main components, or ...
Another way to define nuclear triad: Three legs, plus “space capability” Weinstein: “We need the capability of early warning satellites to know what is going on. We need an unblinking eye.” ...