Upgrading U.S. nuclear missiles, as Russia and China modernize, would cost $85 billion. Is it time to quit the ICBM race? - LA Times
'Air Force officials worry increasingly about the Minuteman’s ability to penetrate adversaries’ future missile defense systems. '
'Today’s 400 Minuteman missiles each field a single warhead. '
'Fred Stoss III, director of operations at the Air Force Global Strike Command. “The ICBMs are the most responsive. '
'At some point, they say, the Minuteman’s ability to penetrate future missile defense systems could be compromised.“Nuclear weapons are foundational to our national security,” said Maj. '
'At the same time, Russia and China are upgrading their nuclear capabilities. '
[–] KosherHiveKicker ago
The United States could ask the Zionist-Jew leeches of Israel to repay the loans, and grants that we have extended to them over the past 60 years... which would be over two times the $85 Billion needed to cover ICBM modernization.