A Dumb Nuclear Trifecta

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By Peter Huessy, President of GeoStrategic Analysis — Senior Warrior Maven Columnist

Nearly 50 years ago just as the Reagan administration sought to upgrade our nuclear deterrent, a group of American arms control and disarmament enthusiasts joined together to support the Soviet Union’s call for a freeze on all nuclear modernization.

The Catholic Bishops along with many Hollywood entertainers and most of the dominant media including the New York Times signed up as well.

The Soviets proposed the freeze because their nuclear forces were already modernized while the US nuclear forces were trending toward what one top analyst would eventually come to describe as “rusting to obsolescence”.

The Soviets were convinced the international “correlation of forces” were moving rapidly in their favor and they sought to cement in place their nuclear superiority.

Thankfully, the nuclear freeze was defeated.