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The future of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) leg of the nuclear Triad is again subject to debate. On the one hand, a recent study by Global Zero called for steep reductions in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, including elimination of the entire land-based component. Under this plan, the
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Date:
6/5/2012
InsideDefense.com blogger John Liang reports that Montana's two Democratic senators are up in arms over the prospect that intercontinental ballistic missiles based in their state might be retired. Liang revealed on December 9 that Max Baucus and Jon Tester had sent a letter to defense secretary
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Date:
12/13/2011
The U.S. strategic deterrent consists of a triad of nuclear-armed Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) in buried silos, submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and nuclear-capable bombers. Each of these are very complex weapons systems. There is, of course, the nuclear warhead or bomb,
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Date:
8/3/2011


