
Trump is said to believes in “the need to improve and modernize our deterrent capability as a vital way to pursue peace through strength.”
“We need to strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces, especially with missile complexes that can reliably penetrate any existing and prospective missile defense systems,”
“A Trump Administration also recognizes the uniquely catastrophic threats posed by nuclear weapons and cyber attacks. Mr. Trump will ensure our strategic nuclear triad is modernized to ensure it continues to be an effective deterrent,” the statement says.
“If we don’t replace these systems, quite simply they will age even more, and become unsafe, unreliable, and ineffective,” Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said in a Sept. 26 speech at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota.
“The fact is, most of our nuclear weapon delivery systems have already been extended decades beyond their original expected service lives. So it’s not a choice between replacing these platforms or keeping them — it’s really a choice between replacing them or losing them,” Carter said, standing in front of a B-52 bomber.
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