Adm. Charles Richard, the Chief of the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM), said on Tuesday that a planned modernization program for the U.S. nuclear arsenal would compel a re-examination of the nuclear strategy. The Admiral’s comments were made after reports said a Biden administration may cut a $1.2 trillion nuclear-modernization plan. “Basically, it’s going to drive you to have to reexamine your strategy,” Richard said in a virtual discussion. “If there’s a change in the capabilities that the commander of STRATCOM has available, I’m obligated to go back and then report what I can and can’t do relative to the tasks that I have been given.” Adm. Richard believes that the Minuteman III should be replaced instead of updated, referring to the intercontinental ballistic missiles land-based leg of the “Nuclear Triad” “Let me be very clear: you can not life-extend Minuteman III, right? It is getting past the point where it is …