Dr. Pry compares and contrasts the U.S. response to Sputnik in 1957, when the U.S. mobilized its science and technology to prevent the USSR from winning the Cold War, with today, when the U.S. faces even greater technological threats from China and Russia—but Washington is doing little or nothing. What is the biggest difference between Washington in 1957 and today? Today, Washington and the U.S. are saddled with what Dr. Pry calls the “Antinuclear-Media Complex” that opposes all U.S. nuclear modernization programs, and downplays or ignores nuclear and high-tech threats from Russia and China. Members of the “Antinuclear-Media Complex” are usually not experts, usually do not have a deep understanding of military science and technology, and they usually hate America more than they fear Russia or China—but they are in “the driver’s seat” in Washington, in the Biden Administration, in the Democratic Party, and in Big Media.
