To express the sense of the Senate on the maintenance by the United States of a triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems.

1. Adds SEC. 1084. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE MAINTENANCE BY THE UNITED STATES OF A TRIAD OF STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS at the end of subtitle H of title X

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   (2) to strongly urge the Department of Defense to investigate innovative mechanisms (subject to all appropriate security requirements) to access to the pool of talent of non- United States citizens with advanced scientific and technical degrees from United States institutions of higher education, especially in those scientific and technical areas that are most vital to the national defense (such as those identified by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Armed Forces).

   Inserted: SEC. 1084. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE MAINTENANCE BY THE UNITED STATES OF A TRIAD OF STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:

   Inserted: (1) The April 2010 Nuclear Posture Review concluded that even with the reductions specified in the New START Treaty, the United States should retain a nuclear "Triad" of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles and nuclear capable heavy bombers, noting that "[r]etaining all three Triad legs will best maintain strategic stability at reasonable cost, while hedging against potential technical problems or vulnerabilities".

   Inserted: (2) The resolution of ratification for the New START Treaty, which the Senate approved on December 22, 2010, stated that "it is the sense of the Senate that United States deterrence and flexibility is assured by a robust triad of strategic delivery vehicles. To this end, the United States is committed to accomplishing the modernization and replacement of its strategic nuclear delivery vehicles, and to ensuring the continued flexibility of United States conventional and nuclear delivery systems".

   Inserted: (3) In a message to the Senate on February 2, 2011, President Obama certified that he intended to "modernize or replace the triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems: a heavy bomber and air-launched cruise missile, an ICBM, and a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) and SLBM" and to "maintain the United States rocket motor industrial base".

   Inserted: (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--

   Inserted: (1) the United States should maintain a triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems; and

   Inserted: (2) the United States is committed to modernizing the component weapons and delivery systems of that triad.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

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