It’s Time To Build the Nuclear Arsenal of the Twenty-First Century

https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/its-time-build-the-nuclear-arsenal-the-twenty-first-century

Research Fellow, Nuclear Deterrence and Missile Defense

Robert Peters is a Research Fellow for Nuclear Deterrence and Missile Defense in Heritage’s Allison Center for National Security.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. American interests and the security of our closest allies are under siege by autocrats of Beijing, Moscow, and Pyongyang.
2. To achieve real deterrence in our increasingly threatening world, the United States must expand and diversify the strategic arsenal.
3. Failure to do so will only embolden America’s adversaries and make nuclear war more likely.