All three legs of the nuclear triad are “aging into obsolescence” just as defense budgets are facing steep cuts, but the Defense Department should still make room in the budget to modernize the entire triad even if it means requesting a supplemental budget from Congress, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments recommended in a report released Thursday. Unveiling the report entitled “The Future of America’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent” at the Capitol Visitor Center, author Evan Montgomery said that support…
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