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Expand the nuclear arsenal to deter Russia and China at once

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 4, p. 95. Written by Christopher Miller.

Expand the nuclear arsenal to deter Russia and China at once

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What the document says

“Expand and modernize the U.S. nuclear force so that it has the size, sophistication, and tailoring to deter Russia and China simultaneously.”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 95

The chapter states that Russia maintains and brandishes a large nuclear arsenal while China is undertaking what it calls a historic nuclear breakout, and asks for an arsenal sized and tailored to deter both at once, including new capabilities at the theatre level, so that there is no circumstance in which America is exposed to serious nuclear coercion.

What the document actually says

“Expand and modernize the U.S. nuclear force so that it has the size, sophistication, and tailoring to deter Russia and China simultaneously.”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 95
That sentence, in plain words

Grow the nuclear force. Make it big enough to hold off Russia and China at the same time.

What this is about

The United States keeps nuclear weapons to stop attacks. The book says Russia has many and China is building more. It says America needs more of them too.

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