Why Are We Rebuilding the ‘Nuclear Sponge’? | The National Interest

Why Are We Rebuilding the ‘Nuclear Sponge’? | The National Interest: Welcome to the “nuclear sponge.” A bizarre idea that has outlived its questionable Cold War-era usefulness, the nuclear sponge is the United States’ collection of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles intended to “soak up” a nuclear attack.