“Absent clear communication around new missile deployments, the United States risks heightening fears in China and North Korea that could make deliberate nuclear use by both or either of those states more likely. With potentially existential stakes, U.S. political leaders should be the ones providing strategic guidance to the military and making decisions about which missiles to deploy, as well as when and where—not military planners.”
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