The growing ties between China and Russia are sparking new fears among U.S. war planners that the two nuclear powers will soon pose a unified nuclear threat to the United States, the Air Force general nominated to head the nation’s nuclear deterrence arsenal told Congress. Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, currently commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command and nominee for Strategic Command commander, told a Senate confirmation hearing in response to repeated questioning… – Washington Times Photo: Sputnik . Sergey Guneev