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Mike Turner: “The first role of that weapon is a deterrent weapon to make sure they don't cross that line.”

On the recordMarch 27, 2019
The first role of that weapon is a deterrent weapon to make sure they don't cross that line.
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio

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Turner discusses the primary purpose of low-yield nuclear weapons as deterrence.

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