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OK. Let's talk about the chain of command for nukes...It's probably POTUS -> SECDEF -> Commander, U.S. Strategic Command -> ... "Probably" because it's opaque and complicated, though there's no
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Thoughts on the successful test of an SM-3 IIA interceptor against an ICBM.BLUF: For technical & operational reasons, SM-IIAs aren't much use for homeland defense, especially against Russia or China.Politically
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The @DeptofDefense is ignoring the danger of inadvertent nuclear war.Thanks to @RepRickLarsen, other @HASCDemocrats, and their staff, DoD has issued a report on inadvertent escalation.It's very revealing... but not in
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Concern about China's nuclear build-up (see below) is partly premised on the fear that Beijing seeks to challenge the United States numerically.This misses a key point: China lacks the fissile
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