All of this, of course, rests upon the power of our nation's nuclear deterrent, which is the foundation of our nation's defense. Nothing else matters if we don't get this right. And so we will, as President Trump has said, We will modernize our nation's nuclear triad. We will develop additional options to support deterrence and escalation management. And we will never allow this nation to be left vulnerable to nuclear blackmail, even in a world where we face two other major nuclear armed powers. (24:57–25:01)
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Asserts that there are plans to modernize the United States' nuclear triad.
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