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Jack Reed: “If the Russians were, today, able to deploy an effective defense of Russia, our warhead requirements to maintain a…”

On the recordJune 16, 2010
If the Russians were, today, able to deploy an effective defense of Russia, our warhead requirements to maintain a deterrent would rise astronomically.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed discusses the implications of Russian missile defense on U.S. nuclear strategy.

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