WASHINGTON, April 29. /TASS/. The United States plans to expand its nuclear deterrence toolkit, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said in his address to the US House Armed Services Committee.
He also put the whole Western hemisphere on notice, saying that the US is ready to use military force if it deems that necessary.
Below are the Pentagon chief’s key remarks.
The United States intends to develop additional nuclear deterrence capabilities: "We will modernize our nation’s nuclear triad. We will develop additional options to support deterrence and escalation management."
The Pentagon "will never allow this nation to be left vulnerable to nuclear blackmail, even in a world where we face two other major nuclear-armed powers."
