The Pentagon's planned spending on nuclear modernization is excessive, arms control experts contend, noting that senior Defense Department officials can help avoid an upcoming affordability crisis by scaling back plans. These comments, in a set of interviews with Inside the Pentagon this week, come on the heels of statements made by DOD acquisition chief Frank Kendall, who told the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee March 4 that the U.S. nuclear modernization plan will run into an "affordability" problem in...
