US Disarms, Russia And China Build Up -- A Commentary

Negotiations: China and Russia signed a US$1 billion (euro670 million) nuclear cooperation deal Friday and stood together in firm opposition to U.S. missile defense plans. Photo from The Daily Mail

While US Disarms, Russia And China Build Up Their Military -- American Thinker

In this week's issue of Defense News , Ilan Berman, vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, warns, "Stagnation threatens U.S. arms superiority." After noting recent tests by Russia and China of new nuclear-armed missiles, Berman writes,

Indeed, practically every declared nuclear weapon state is engaged in a serious modernization of its strategic arsenal. The United States, by contrast, has allowed its strategic infrastructure to atrophy since the end of the Cold War.

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My Comment: While it is true that both Russia and China are investing heavily into their military programs, they still have a very long way to go to threaten U.S. nuclear forces. But military trends and direction have an impact on policy and the politics of today .... and the trends today are obvious .... the U.S. may decide to forgo modernizing its strategic arsenal.