The leader of the U.S. Strategic Command said yesterday that "time is not on our side" to modernize the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, particularly as China and Russia upgrade their nuclear warheads and delivery systems.
"The path of inaction is a path leading toward nuclear disarmament. . . . The time to act is now," Air Force Gen. Kevin P. Chilton told an audience of government, military and civilian arms experts attending the Nuclear Deterrence Summit in Washington.
But Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic weapons, told the same audience that the nation's nuclear modernization program was in a "holding pattern" until the Obama administration could review studies that are to be completed next year.
Read more .....
My Comment: U.
"The path of inaction is a path leading toward nuclear disarmament. . . . The time to act is now," Air Force Gen. Kevin P. Chilton told an audience of government, military and civilian arms experts attending the Nuclear Deterrence Summit in Washington.
But Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic weapons, told the same audience that the nation's nuclear modernization program was in a "holding pattern" until the Obama administration could review studies that are to be completed next year.
Read more .....
My Comment: U.
But Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic weapons, told the same audience that the nation's nuclear modernization program was in a "holding pattern" until the Obama administration could review studies that are to be completed next year.
Read more .....
My Comment: U.S. nuclear doctrine has kept the U.S. safe for the past 60 years. To change this policy and to not embark on a nuclear modernization program will radically change America's status on the international scene .... especially when viewed from Russia and China who are modernizing their nuclear forces.
Read more .....
My Comment: U.S. nuclear doctrine has kept the U.S. safe for the past 60 years. To change this policy and to not embark on a nuclear modernization program will radically change America's status on the international scene .... especially when viewed from Russia and China who are modernizing their nuclear forces.