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Robert Gates: there is absolutely no way we can maintain a credible deterrent and reduce the number of weapons in our stockpile…

On the recordApril 28, 2010
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.
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Robert Gates
Republican · Texas

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Gates warns that modernization is essential for credible nuclear deterrence.

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