The U.S. Department of Defense is proposing a $348 billion plan to upgrade a nuclear arsenal that includes bombers, missiles and subs. According to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who was meeting with airmen at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on Monday, the plan would deter against Russia’s “nuclear saber-rattling and building of new nuclear weapons systems,” in addition to North Korea’s nuclear provocations.
U.S. Defense Department proposing plan to deter nuclear Russia, North Korea
