Commentary
As Congress debates President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” members of both the House and the Senate should also have a long overdue “guns versus butter” debate.
Airmen from the 90th Maintenance Group are responsible for maintaining and repairing intercontinental ballistic missiles on alert status within the F.E. Warren Air Force Base missile complex, one of three missile bases in Air Force Global Strike Command, on Dec. 18, 2019. The Minuteman III, on alert at all three bases, replaced the Peacekeeper at F.E. Warren in the 1970s. Senior Airman Abbigayle Williams/U.S. Air Force
Adam Lowther
Author
Adam B. Lowther, Ph.D., is vice president of research at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies (NIDS).