Jon Wolfsthal on the link between nuclear strategy and the nuclear modernization budget

ABSTRACT

In this interview with Bulletin editor-in-chief John Mecklin, nuclear arms control and nonproliferation expert Jon Wolfsthal provides his wide-ranging views on the current nuclear situation, how the new Congress might deal with US plans for a $1 trillion-plus modernization of its nuclear arsenal, and ways the inordinate cost of that modernization program might be reduced.

KEYWORDS:

• Nuclear modernization
• nuclear budget
• arms race
• nuclear strategy