At the end of the Cold War, I think we're the only of the major power that really stopped building new weapons, designing and innovating. We maintained a safe stockpile all throughout it, but we lost our mojo a bit in designing new weapons and modernizing our weapons. And it is absolutely essential that every power in the world believes and understands that the United States has the top nuclear arsenal. (01:29–01:39)
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Asserts that the U.S. maintained a safe nuclear stockpile but lagged in weapon design and modernization.
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