Jack Reed actually said...

we also have to prepare to care for the conditions that may not manifest for 5, 10, or 15 years after a deployment.

Another way to look at this, if we deploy a very effective missile defense, the Russians might decide to use bomber forces.

We both have the interest in, on one hand, allowing people to inspect and verify the relevant data, the critical data on numbers of systems.

If the Russians were, today, able to deploy an effective defense of Russia, our warhead requirements to maintain a deterrent would rise astr...