Commander-in-chief defines our enemies and the arsenal needed to defeat them.
In a highly classified move last March, President Joe Biden, re-evaluating current and future threats, revised US strategic nuclear guidance and did so without public notice. New York Times journalist David E. Sanger broke the story nearly six months after the president acted. This could have significant ramifications for US strategic posture and nuclear planning.
Nuclear Weapons Strategy Is Critical to National Security
In October 2023, the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States issued its report on US capability “including nuclear weapons policy, strategy, and force structure.” The most recent assessment concluded the United States “is on the cusp of having not one, but two nuclear peer adversaries, each with…