The U.S. military will continue to make investments to sustain its nuclear weapons and delivery platforms, even as Washington looks to enter talks with Moscow about reducing deployed strategic warheads by one-third, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said June 19. The Pentagon will maintain its so-called triad of bombers, ballistic missile submarines and intercontinental ballistic missiles, Hagel said during a speech in Omaha, Neb.
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