To Confront China, Russia, and North Korea, Trump Should Forgo a Review and Speed Up the Arsenal’s Modernization
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/deterring-nuclear-dictators
By: Madelyn Creedon and Franklin Miller for Foreign Affairs //
For more than three decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States and its allies faced no serious nuclear threats.
Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been rattling his nuclear saber in a manner reminiscent of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Chinese President Xi Jinping has directed a dramatic buildup of China’s nuclear arsenal, a project whose size and scope the recently retired commander of U.S. Strategic Command has described as “breathtaking.” The Russian and Chinese leaders have also signed a treaty of “friendship without limits.”
