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Peters talks about the aging US Nuclear Arsenal and how China has been improving it’s Arsenal.

People tour the Bunker-703, a recently declassified nuclear-resistant bomb shelter built in 1961 at a depth of 43 meters (141 feet) for the Soviet Foreign Affairs Ministry archive, in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 22, 2024. Photo: Associated Press/AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov

Peters talks about the aging US Nuclear Arsenal and how China has been improving it’s Arsenal.

Robert Peters, Senior Research Fellow for Strategic, shares the fact that the US Nuclear Arsenal is aging, with the NEWEST US nuclear weapon being built in 1989. Peters discusses a new documentary on the condition of America’s nuclear arsenal, the build-up of the modern Chinese arsenal, and policies that America and her allies should consider.

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