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This is John Bachelor. Long conversation with my colleague Peter Hughcy of the National Center for Deterrence Studies about the U.S. nuclear arsenal and plans to upgrade and the demands by the People's Republic of China that in some fashion the US edits

or bridges our plans to update our nuclear arsenal that is responsible for offering a nuclear umbrella to our allies in Europe and in Asia.

We go through the checklist of what the Biden administration in 2022 said was the Is there any intention right now to limit the replacement of the Minamand 3 by the Sentinel?

Do we have a full commitment to the Sentinel or are they hesitating?

Yes or no, Peter? I would say yes, we have a full commitment.

All right. And for the bombers and the submarines. No, I want to go to the

National Nuclear Command and Control. I want to go to the submarine next. We are fully funding the Columbia class.

Is that a yes or a no?

It's a yes.

And are we modernizing the B52H and are we replacing the gravity bombs with a long-range standoff weapon, a

cruise missile? Yes and yes now we're upgrading the B-52 and building the new

radar radar bomber which is the B 21 and the first fight was just the

other day. To your knowledge Peter is China matching any of these programs?

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