To be blunt, there is absolutely no way we can maintain a credible deterrent and reduce the number of weapons in our stockpile without either resorting to testing our stockpile or pursuing a modernization program.
Gates emphasizes the necessity of modernization or testing for credible nuclear deterrence.
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I think there is a cost. I think it does provide a basis for radicalization in the region.
There has to be an agreement between the president and the Congress on actually what has to be done to recapture our industrial-military industrial capabilities.
I think the president is — based on what I read — is getting the sense that, as he put it, that Putin is 'tapping' him along.
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