Nuclear security

US Military Leaders: We Need To Modernize Nuclear Technology, Adversaries See U.S. As Weak

On Thursday afternoon, the Armed Services and the Strategic Forces subcommittee met to discuss the status of U.S. nuclear deterrents and options to modernize the current arsenal.

A panel of four testified to members of Congress, expressing concern that current U.S. nuclear technology is debilitatingly outdated and the aging infrastructure poses a massive threat to national security and the ability to deter adversaries from engaging in warfare.

Intel suggests that countries including China, Russia and North Korea are currently modernizing nuclear weaponry. The panel argued that the U.S. must modernize as well in order to reinforce perceptions of America as a strong military power.