US on brink of a new nuclear arms race: Former Pentagon chief
The United States is on the “brink” of starting a new nuclear arms race that will increase the risk of nuclear threat to new levels, former US Secretary of Defense William Perry says.
“We’re now at the precipice, maybe I should say the brink, of a new nuclear arms race,” Perry said at an event in Washington on Thursday. “This arms race will be at least as expensive as the arms race we had during the Cold War, which is a lot of money.”
Perry also called for the breaking of the so-called nuclear "triad" -- nuclear-armed submarines, a next-generation long-range bomber, and replacement of the current ICBMs -- by dismantling the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) stockpile.
He contended that America’s nuclear-armed submarines and a new long-range bomber program would be enough to provide it the required deterrence against enemies.
The Pentagon is starting a major overhaul of its triad. The US military is working on its Long Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B) program, a conventional bomber that later could be nuclear-certified, and working on a new version of the ICBM.
In the meantime, the US Navy is planning to find a replacement for the Ohio-class submarine nuclear program.
The United States and its allies started a nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, which continued for more than four decades and cost trillions of dollars.
During this period, not only the US and Soviet Union increased their nuclear stockpiles incredibly, but some other countries also amassed hundreds of nuclear weapons.
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