In the United States gathered to modernize their nuclear arsenal.

The deputy head of the United States Department of Defense, Peter Fant, announced that the US nuclear arsenal needs modernization, because otherwise there is a big risk of a strong backlog from the main potential opponents - Russia and China.

“If earlier B-2 could have flown in and dropped an unguided bomb ... then now with modern missile defense and air defense systems, when overcoming [these systems] is not guaranteed, it is probably necessary to reconsider the attitude towards unguided bombs”, - he said.

It is noteworthy that the program for the modernization of the US nuclear arsenal is designed until 2092 and will require hundreds of billions of dollars, however, how effective such an approach will be remains unknown, which is primarily due to the introduction of new weapons by Russia and China, in particular, we are talking about modern missile defense systems, long-range air defense systems, etc.

Analysts do not rule out that the United States will try to rely on the development of hypersonic weapons, but even this may take more than a decade, which demonstrates the technical backwardness of the United States.