"Some are saying times have changed, that we don't need a nuclear deterrent," he continued.
Suddenly, the small fleet of B-45s had great value again as a nuclear deterrent.
They have twisted and turned in their attitude to our nuclear deterrent.
"We had to have a nuclear deterrent," he says today.
The nuclear deterrent has been very effective in ensuring the security of the west over the past 40 years.
To that extent, the nuclear deterrent is very good value for money.
The Japanese don't even have a nuclear deterrent or a large standing army.
"We all recognize that the nuclear deterrent has kept the peace in Europe for the past 40 years," he said.
Like a nuclear deterrent, it is not meant to be used, but would do its job by existing.
The nuclear deterrent was useless during the cold war let alone now.
