World Affairs Brief, July 9, 2021 Commentary and Insights on a Troubled World. Copyright Joel Skousen. Partial quotations with attribution permitted. Cite source as Joel Skousen’s World Affairs Brief (http://www.worldaffairsbrief.com).

US Plans to Test Its $60 Billion Replacement ICBMs in 2023.

This comes as a surprise since the contract with single-supplier Northrup was just recently signed. Just like the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile that suddenly was tested weeks after backing out of the treaty banning those missiles, it shows the US is building these missile systems well in advance of official approval or formal funding. These missiles weren’t supposed to be deployed until 2036, but who can believe that if they are testing them in 2023? Certainly not the Russians or Chinese.