But they also cite a number of three-body lessons from nature — starting with Newton’s — that illuminate the issue and suggest possible ways forward.
“We have a conceptual problem,” said Ernest J. Moniz, a physicist who as the secretary of energy in the Obama administration oversaw the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
“Anything that helps in understanding that is great.”Security-minded hawks want to expand the American arsenal in response to China’s nuclear rise and the threat of Beijing’s closing ranks with Moscow.
Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, argued that the American response should focus less on the quantity of the nation’s nuclear arms than on their quality.
To deter attacks successfully, he said in a speech, the American military has no need for arms that “outnumber the combined total of our competitors.”
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Newton’s, Newton, “, ”, Ernest J, Moniz, Obama, “ We’ve, Biden, Jake Sullivan
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U.S, National Science Foundation, ”
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