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| US considering implications of nuclear decline |
| 2008-10-26 |
| The mighty U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons, midwived by World War II and nurtured by the Cold War, is declining in power and purpose while the military's competence in handling the world's most dangerous arms has eroded. At the same time, international efforts to contain the spread of such weapons look ineffective. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, for one, wants the next president to think about what nuclear middle-age and decline means for national security. Gates joins a growing debate about the reliability and future credibility of the American arsenal with his first extensive speech on nuclear arms Tuesday. The debate is attracting increasing attention inside the Pentagon even as the military is preoccupied with fighting insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. The unconventional tools of war there include covert commandos, but not nuclear weapons. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #3 So if we are declining our Nuclear stockpile, do you think that this will discourage N. Korea, Iran, and others? Yah, the illuminati media are not going to cover this anytime soon. At least it won't be an issue for reporters. |
| Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Shease1515 2008-10-26 15:35 |
| #2 Mullen f^cked up the Navy and now he wants to do the amse to nukes. The Air Force is rebuilding SAC in all but name. And the Tridents never seem to have lost the spirit of Rickover. We should keep the design infrastructure up, but that just means returning LLNL to its original function and getting them out of this alternate energy bs. Nuclear decline. sheesh. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-10-26 12:12 |
| #1 Defense Secretary Robert Gates, for one, wants the next president to think about what nuclear middle-age and decline means for national security. The Donk response will be to gut the missile defense system. Just put a big sign up at the border which reads "KICK ME". |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-10-26 11:59 |