New York Times
Washington Times: Obama already set to spend $20B a year to update U.S. nukes
Trump tweets that nation must ‘expand its nuclear capability’
President-elect Donald Trump has stirred up fears of a new arms race in a Twitter message on improving “nuclear capability,” but President Obama already has committed to spending as much as $20 billion a year to update the nation’s ability to conduct a nuclear war.
During his two terms, Mr. Obama has blessed the go-ahead for their new major weapon systems: a strategic bomber, a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and an air-launched, atomic-cruise missile. He also funded a new more accurate atomic bomb.
At a congressional hearing this summer, a top Pentagon policymaker and two four-star generals laid out long-term modernization plans of up to $450 billion over 20 years to stay ahead of China and Russia.
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Update: Donald Trump is merely echoing Barack Obama's nuclear weapons policy (First Post)
WNU Editor: Anti-nuclear activists and the media are too late to this party. They should have started protesting (and the media should have started doing more reporting) when President Obama made his announcement on modernizing America's nuclear forces earlier this year .... Obama’s Russian Rationale for $1 Trillion Nuke Plan Signals New Arms Race (The Intercept)
