US Should Return to Nuclear Deterrence Amid Growing Threat From Rivals: Expert

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Far Eastern Federal University campus on Russky island in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on April 25, 2019. Alexey Nikolsky/ AFP via Getty Images

The United States should return to nuclear deterrence because of growing threats from rivals that include Russia, China, and North Korea, according to Rick Fisher, senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center.

“We need to get back into the regional nuclear deterrent business. The United States needs to deploy hundreds, maybe thousands of nuclear-armed short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles,” Fisher told NTD’s “China in Focus” program.