“As you can see demonstrated in this chart … nuclear delivery system development over the last eight years shows numerous advances by Russia, China and North Korea versus the near absence of such activity by the United States, with competitors and adversaries developing 34 new systems as compared to only one for the U.S. — the F-35 aircraft.”
Claimed by Jim Mattis · 2018-02-06
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- The Washington PostThree Pinocchios
2018-02-12
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