{"id":31210,"date":"2019-07-11T17:43:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T17:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/11\/milley-throws-support-behind-nuclear-modernization-space-force\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:04:25","slug":"milley-throws-support-behind-nuclear-modernization-space-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2019\/07\/11\/milley-throws-support-behind-nuclear-modernization-space-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Milley throws support behind nuclear modernization, Space Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s choice for the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2018\/12\/07\/milley-to-be-named-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-reports\/\" target=_blank>chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff<\/a> has thrown his full support behind nuclear modernization plans, the creation of a Space Force and developing new capabilities to offset China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen. Mark Milley, currently the Army chief of staff, faced little in the way of tough questioning during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/07\/11\/senators-want-to-know-if-the-next-joint-chiefs-chairman-can-stand-up-to-trump\/\" target=_blank>Thursday confirmation hearing<\/a>; several members, including Republican Josh Hawley and Democrats Tim Kaine, Doug Jones and Richard Blumenthal, said in their remarks they intend to vote in support of the nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That easy questioning remained even after Milley voiced support when asked whether it would be \u201chelpful\u201d to place conventionally armed, ground-launched intermediate-range missiles in the Indo-Pacific region to help deter Chinese interests in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those weapons had previously been banned under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which the Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nuclear-arsenal\/2019\/02\/01\/trump-blames-russia-for-us-withdrawal-from-nuclear-arms-treaty\/\" target=_blank>exited earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/information-warfare\/2019\/07\/11\/joint-chiefs-nominee-wants-to-boost-information-warfare\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5307108.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Joint Chiefs nominee wants to boost information warfare<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">In a pre-hearing questionnaire, the nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff addressed questions on a range of information warfare-related capabilities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The response was equally calm when Milley called the development of low-yield nuclear weapons \u201can important capability to have in our arsenal in order to deal with any potential adversaries or contingency operations.\u201d Democrats from both chambers of Congress have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/05\/20\/house-appropriators-target-trumps-nukes-inf-treaty-busting-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\">raised objections<\/a> to the creation of those systems, as well as the potential to deploy ground-based cruise missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More broadly on nuclear issues, Milley aligned himself with a statement from former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, saying that the U.S. \u201ccan afford survival and we have to. It\u2019s imperative that we modernize and maintain the readiness of the conventional and strategic forces. No question about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy view is that the [nuclear] triad has worked,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked to name his three priorities for dealing with China and Russia, Milley expressed a view in line with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2018\/01\/19\/national-defense-strategy-released-with-clear-priority-stay-ahead-of-russia-and-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Defense Strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think the very No. 1 for me and No. 1 stated for the Department of Defense is the modernization, recapitalization of the nation\u2019s nuclear triad. I think that\u2019s critical. Secondly, I would say, is space. It\u2019s a new domain of military operations. We got a considerable amount of both commercial and military capabilities in space that need to be protected in this \u2014 and all the technologies that go with space,\u201d Milley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn addition to that, I would say that artificial intelligence and hypersonics \u2014 and there\u2019s many, many other technologies \u2014 those two are at the top of my list for putting modernization investment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milley showed his support for the creation of a Space Force, but also showed patience with the process, saying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2019\/02\/19\/trump-signs-off-on-organizing-the-space-force-under-the-air-forcefor-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">incremental steps<\/a> taken by Congress to create a branch of the service that lives under the secretary of the Air Force but has a spot on the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the \u201cappropriate\u201d approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not taking the view that it\u2019s just added bureaucracy. 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