The United States is on the brink of a new nuclear arms
race that will elevate the risk of nuclear apocalypse to Cold War
levels, former Secretary of Defense William Perry warned on Thursday.
Perry, who from 1994 to 1997 served as Pentagon chief under President
Bill Clinton, delivered his remarks at an event hosted by the Defense
Writers Group
In an August assessment, the Center for Strategic and
Budgetary Assessments projects that it will cost more than $700
billion over the next 25 years to recapitalize the nuclear triad.
The risk of nuclear war is exacerbated by the
deterioration of the relationship between Moscow and Washington that
had been formed after the fall of the Soviet Union. Without clear
military-to-military communication between those two nations, the
risk of an accidental conflict increases, Perry said.
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