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America\u2019s nuclear arsenal was built to counter only one international adversary during the Cold War, but as new nuclear powers emerge and global conflict increases, some argue for a revamped system.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Deb Fischer told a crowd of defense industry officials last week the U.S. nuclear program was built for a world that no longer exists. The Nebraska Republican said China\u2019s emergence as a nuclear power, along with Russia\u2019s aggression, requires massive investment.<\/p>\n

\u201cChina is building new missile silos, increasing its warhead stockpile, and rapidly developing the full range of nuclear delivery systems. This is not the strategic environment that we planned for,\u201d she said. \u201cThe current force structure, which again was set forth in a very different geopolitical environment, is not sufficient. We must size our forces to meet tomorrow\u2019s threats and not just yesterday\u2019s assumptions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Fischer made the comments at IndoPac 2026 | Naval Dominance: Shipbuilding, Autonomy & C2, a forum hosted by the Washington Times\u2019 Threat Status national security team and held at the U.S. Navy Memorial in downtown Washington last week.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon\u2019s triad of nuclear options \u2014 intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched missiles and strategic bombers \u2014 was constructed and sized to deal with Russia during the Cold War. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, U.S. military planners saw China\u2019s small, silo-based missiles as a lower-tier strategic threat.<\/p>\n

But China\u2019s nuclear expansion over the past several years has rendered that U.S. intelligence obsolete. The Pentagon\u2019s 2024 China Military Power Report found that Beijing possesses more than 600 operational warheads and is on track to surpass 1,000 warheads by 2030.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a marked increase from the 200 warheads China possessed in 2020, according to the Pentagon report from that year.<\/p>\n

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Ms. Fischer argued that the U.S. needs to rapidly scale its triad of nuclear options to respond to the growing threat posed by China\u2019s atomic ambitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne hundred bombers are not enough. We need at least 200 to meet those current demands,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She added that the U.S. faces significant challenges in meeting its nuclear strategic goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A deficit of skilled workers and bloated costs have led to serious production shortfalls on Columbia and Virginia-class submarines.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need more welders and machinists and pipe fitters and engineers and technicians. And we need to treat this workforce development with the same strategic urgency that the weapons design is met with,\u201d Ms. Fischer said. \u201cThe Strategic Posture Commission was clear that the nuclear industrial base is a national security vulnerability.\u201d<\/p>\n

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