The new DF-5C global-covering strategic nuclear capable missiles are seen on trucks during an event in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on Sept. 3, 2025. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Yes, there is a nuclear arms race. But the United States is not in it and has not been since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union. To the contrary, the United States has significantly reduced both its reliance on nuclear weapons and its inventory of nuclear forces by more than 90 percent.
Peter Huessy
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Peter R. Huessy is the president of Geo-Strategic Analysis and senior fellow of the National Institute for Deterrent Studies.
