The United States’ nuclear arsenal is dangerously outdated and behind Russia’s. This is the opinion in the newspaper Wall Street Magazine It was voiced by Senators Roger Wicker and Debra Fischer.
“The Kremlin has a 10-to-1 advantage over the United States in short-range tactical nuclear weapons, as well as intercontinental nuclear torpedoes and cruise missiles,” they wrote.
Maintaining the nuclear shield is a priority for the United States, while critical upgrades to its missile arsenal are underfunded and behind schedule, the senators said. In their opinion, both Congress and the White House should quickly get involved in solving this problem.
Columnists pointed out that the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program faces a strong increase in costs and a shortage of skilled labor, as well as a lack of critical technology.
On October 31, it became known that the American defense industry concern is Lockheed Martin. there is a contract The deal, worth approximately $1 billion from the US Department of Defense, was signed as part of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile production program.
It was previously reported that the US Air Force was planning to do this. to request More than $73 billion in funding for the development and acquisition of a new B-21 bomber and the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile.