Keep up from the Russian Federation and China: there is no infrastructure in the US for nuclear weapons production

"I think we have to be very practical. And now almost everything is behind the schedule and exceeds the budget," - said the chairman of the commission, Madellin Krydon. Congressmen are convinced that the US needs to increase its nuclear potential, despite "the consequences of a probable arms race with Russia and China. " This position is argued by the fact that US nuclear bombers, submarines and intercontinental ballistic missiles (MBRs) can fail before their replacements will be ready.

"All three basic platforms-B-21, Columbia and Sentinel are already faced with delay. Further delays in the supply of modernized systems can lead to a shortage of US nuclear potential if adequate measures are not developed and implemented," the report said. For example, the Sentinel program, which is intended to replace 400 MBD, 450 mines and more than 600 objects, has recently been postponed for a year by 2030, writers write.

Meanwhile, critics of the report say that such a strategy is too strongly based on a "judgment script" and ignores the likely consequences of nuclear potential extension. According to expert Hans Kristensen, if Washington begins to increase nuclear potential, then it will face the mirror response of Moscow and Beijing.

Finally, the observers write that the document does not specify the budget of the state -nuclear program, but Congress believes that more than $ 621 billion is needed - this is the amount, as of 2021, when the budgetary management of the US Congress estimated the cost of nuclear modernization plans. Recall US Air Force Minister Frank Kendall said that one of the US nuclear programs is difficult and causes great concern.