Commentary of the Week by The ICBM EAR: MAKING UP NUCLEAR GHOST STORIES

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By Peter Huessy, President of GeoStrategic Analysis, Potomac, Maryland – Senior Warrior Maven Columnist

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MAKING UP NUCLEAR GHOST STORIES

On March 10, Slate published an essay by Fred Kaplan arguing that GBSD is not needed, and if any ICBMs are required for deterrence, that mission can be achieved through the life extension of the existing Minuteman III missiles at some number but not necessarily at the current force of 400.

Here follows in bold face my analysis along with the text of Kaplan’s essay.

Kaplan alleges the military industrial complex invented the need for TRIAD modernization to piggyback on the New START ratification process; that Strategic Command invented the idea of a “ICBM nuclear sponge” to justify the ICBM force, and that a MMIII SLEP is cheaper than a new GBSD ICBM force.

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