That leaves submarines carrying ballistic missiles as the most survivable and reliable component of the deterrent force.
It must adopt policies that provide it with the most maneuver room and the greatest deterrent force.
The government will halve the number of nuclear warheads in its submarine-based deterrent force and announce a precise total for the first time.
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Yet rather than internalize this lesson and embrace the deterrent force it provides the West in dealing with Iran and North Korea, the Obama administration has squandered it.
President Obama proposes to deal with the proliferating threat of nuclear weapons and associated ballistic missiles by savaging the nuclear deterrent force and missile defenses that keep us safe.
In a dangerous world, with many states and organizations committed to acquiring and using nuclear weapons, it would be unwise for the United States not to make our nuclear deterrent force more effective.
To be effective deterrents in the future, our nuclear weapons must have greatly increased accuracy, reduced yields, specialized capabilities (such as deep earth penetration) and tailored effects (such as ability to neutralize chemical-biological agents)....In a dangerous world, with many states and organizations committed to acquiring and using nuclear weapons, it would be unwise for the United States not to make our nuclear deterrent force more effective.
The United States is uniquely dependent upon its air-launched cruise missiles (ALCMs) to ensure the effectiveness of the most flexible component of its strategic deterrent the manned bomber force.
Japanese leaders undoubtedly took that fact into consideration in thinking through what sort of force would present the most credible deterrent to potential regional aggressors.
At this point, however, that position is predicated on Germany being denuclearized and on NATO's renouncing any first-use of nuclear weapons -- conditions that would have the effect of jeopardizing NATO's deterrent capability and eliminating the U.S. force presence in Central Europe.
The task force thinks that superiority depends largely on the deterrent value of protection and that we need to demonstrate an ability to respond, along with political, legal and economic needs, but to demonstrate the ability to apply force, if it were necessary.
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Britain's deterrent costs less than half the amount of France's force de frappe, not least because Britain relies heavily on America to provide Trident missiles and even components for its warheads.
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Ensuring the survivability and effectiveness of the U.S. deterrent under a START-induced regime will almost certainly prove more costly than the existing force posture.
At the same time, President Obama is actively considering eliminating up to 80% of our deterrent and ensuring that little, if anything, is done to ensure that the remaining force remains viable, let alone superior, to new generations of Russian nuclear arms.
The other part of the paradox is that if the enemy really thinks it can pull off a disarming surprise attack, then the very fact we have a retaliatory force is a powerful inducement to launching that attack because what looks like a deterrent to us looks like a huge threat to them.
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This means having a nuclear deterrent, a deployable army division, a blue-water navy with two aircraft carriers, and an air force with fighters and deep-strike jets.
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