the United States have superiority over their opponents in the nuclear field and intend to maintain this leadership. This statement was made by the Minister of defense mark Esper during a meeting with the personnel, civilian Pentagon employees and their families. His words TASS reports.
“We remain extremely efficient nuclear triad. More ready than our opponents and competitors. We will continue in the coming years to maintain this advantage”, — said the head of the Pentagon. He noted that the US is constantly upgrading its weapons system command, communication and control in the nuclear field.
According to espera, all actions of the Pentagon in this area is aimed only at deterring potential armed conflict. “And in the case of the failure of those efforts, we want to be able to fight and win”, — summed the Minister.
At the same time Washington is in no hurry to renew the contract on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms (SNV-3). According to the foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov, the decision to withdraw from the Treaty in the United States has been made, as evidenced by the insistence of the White house in an attempt to connect agreement in China.
