U.S. Should Maintain Nuclear Triad, Former Defense Dept. Official Says

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The United States should maintain a nuclear triad, a former Defense Department official said this week,rnemphasizing that the U.S. fleet of intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear-capable bombers hedge thernsea-based deterrent. “The rationale for a triad remains as strong today as it always has been, and it will remain, unless until we reduce nuclear weapons down to, essentially zero,” James Miller, who served as Principal UnderrnSecretary of Defense for Policy from February 2012 to January 2014, said during a speech in Washington. “Thatrndoesn’t look like a very near-term prospect.”