Letter: Doubling down on our existence

On Aug. 27, Northrop Grumman broke ground in Roy on a new facility with initial federal funding of $125 billion. On site were Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike Lee, Reps. Rob Bishop and Chris Stewart, celebrating the creation of 2,500 jobs.The mission of the new facility? “Deterrence,” via ground-based strategic deterrence, meaning 700 refurbished Minuteman ICBMs carrying hydrogen bomb warheads, targeted at Russia. (The U.S. has 14 stealth nuclear submarines, able to devastate entire contin