Defense & Military

DoD Official: Conventional Systems Can’t Substitute for Nukes

By Photo of Abby

Brian Bradley 
NS&D Monitor 
7/31/2015
LA VISTA, Neb.—Deterrence is not limited to nuclear weapons, but conventional arms and ballistic missile defense cannot substitute for the U.S. nuclear triad, a senior Defense Department official said…

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