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Nuclear Modernization

HASC Chair Wouldn’t Stake Modernization on Arms Control Deal

Tuesday, March 12th, 2019

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HASC Chair Wouldn’t Stake Modernization on Arms Control Deal

HASC Chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

The U.S. should modernize its nuclear forces whether it can secure arms control agreements with Russia or not, the chair of the House Armed Services Committee said here Tuesday at a major nuclear policy conference. Waiting to finalize an arms control agreement before modernizing forces is “like giving foreign powers veto control over your national security,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said in response to an audience question here at the 2019 Carnegie Nuclear Policy Conference. “[T]hat would not be a…

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