10/06/2015
https://congress.gov...
"Project Atom had an overarching constraint that the force postures the teams recommended must be possible within approximately $35 billion per year in constant 2013 dollars, comprising 4 to 5 percent ..."
"we may be self-deterred from responding in kind because we would have to go too high up the escalatory ladder"
"we want to deter the Russian Federation from believing it can get anything useful out of a first-nuclear-use threat"
"The principal role of U.S. nuclear weapons is to deter nuclear attacks against the United States and its allies."