US ‘Provoking Nuclear Confrontation’ with Russia!

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• Published on Nov 16, 2014
  The US government’s decision to invest billions of dollars to upgrade the country’s nuclear arsenal is a sign of “desperation” that may “provoke a nuclear confrontation” with Russia, a former CIA and NSA contractor says.
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  Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday announced that the Pentagon will increase spending on the management of the US nuclear arsenal by about 10 percent a year for the next five years.
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  The US nuclear weapons forces already cost over $15 billion annually. The multi-billion dollar overhaul was decided after government reviews uncovered serious flaws in the nuclear enterprise.
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  The review released by the Pentagon on Friday found a nuclear force “understaffed, under-resourced and reliant on an aging and fragile supporting infrastructure in an over-inspected and overly risk-averse environment.”
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  There’s a “possibility that this will provoke a nuclear confrontation” with Russia, Steven D. Kelley told Press TV on Saturday from California.
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  “We have to consider that with the speed with which they’re trying to force us into a confrontation that clearly this is a sign of desperation because there’s no way that this work could be done in time to be ready for the consequences that they seem to be pushing us into.”
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  Earlier this year, Hagel ordered two reviews of the nuclear arms program following a series of media reports which revealed lapses in leadership, morale, safety and security at America’s several nuclear air force bases.
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  Earlier this month, the US Air Force dismissed two senior commanders from its nuclear missile corps on the grounds of indiscipline and misconduct.

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