Ben Nelson: “Our nuclear forces remain the foundation of deterrence. Our arsenal needs significant and immediate investment.”

I just think there's a danger in going below this level and I think we need to be careful and thoughtful about it.

We cannot just be catching up or trying to stay at par with the rest of the world or otherwise our defenses are down.

How are we going to make it work? How are we going to, over a longer strategy, make the dollars work to meet the obligations we've undertaken?

double the number of ICBMs the current force is capable of defeating without adding a single new GBI