Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis will embark on a three stop
tour starting Wednesday, Sep. 13. His
visit to two nuclear-focused locations comes at an opportune time given the
ongoing Nuclear Posture and Ballistic Missile Defense Reviews. This will be the secretary's first trip to
these locations during his tenure.
Secretary Mattis will begin his tour in Minot, ND. Minot Air Force Base is the only U.S. base to
host two legs of the nuclear triad - strategic bombers and intercontinental
ballistic missiles. He will tour a
Missile Alert Facility (MAF) used to control ICBMs; and the Weapons Storage
Area (WSA) where Airmen maintain U.S. ICBM warheads.
On Thursday, Sept. 14, the secretary will travel to Omaha,
NE, to meet with U.S. Strategic Command leadership and discuss strategic
deterrence in the 21st century. USSTRATCOM
employs tailored nuclear, space, cyberspace, global strike, missile defense and
other capabilities for deterrence and assurance. This culminates the secretary's tour of the
nuclear enterprise, having visited all three legs of the nuclear triad.
The secretary concludes his trip on Friday, Sep. 15 as the
first Secretary of Defense to participate in the Mexican Independence Day
activities. This will be the fifth ever
visit by a U.S. Secretary of Defense to Mexico.
Secretary Mattis' visit to Mexico reaffirms our commitment to the
bilateral defense relationship and to the North America Community.
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