Posted on 09/16/2016 8:44:17 AM PDT by C19fan
The Cold War has been over for 25 years now, but the United States still maintains a massive arsenal of nuclear weapons and delivery systems — and they don’t come cheap. For example, we still spend $2 billion a year just in operations and support costs for the U.S. ICBM force. And we are about to spend a whole lot more.
(Excerpt) Read more at warisboring.com ...
I prefer the triad but if they must go, let them go ballistically.
I gladly spend $10/yr to be able to nuke NORK or Mecca at the drop of a hat.
Let’s just dispose of them, 100 meters above Mecca and Tehran.
Could you imagine that? We might have peace for a few generations.
I think this premise is wrong headed.
I distrust anyone that suggests we decommission ANY part of our TRIAD in the name of “War is Boring,” frankly.
I am not willing to give up the ONE sure deterrent we have to remove a billion plus insane Muslims from this planet should our liberal ways get too cowardly.
Decommission HELL! UPGRADE and ENHANCE.....
This is pure unilateral disarmament tripe. The fact is that while we have nations who arm with these weapons of mass destruction, we must also have them. Whether we use them or not is not really their purpose. In fact, it has been said that if we do use them they have failed in their mission. But since their widespread development, they have not been used. That seems to be something worth understanding. Can we reduce the cost? Maybe. Can we afford to allow the current systems to degrade in reliability without refurbishment? I believe a certain maintenance cost is also part of the program.
This is pure unilateral disarmament tripe. The fact is that while we have nations who arm with these weapons of mass destruction, we must also have them. Whether we use them or not is not really their purpose. In fact, it has been said that if we do use them they have failed in their mission. But since their widespread development, they have not been used. That seems to be something worth understanding. Can we reduce the cost? Maybe. Can we afford to allow the current systems to degrade in reliability without refurbishment? I believe a certain maintenance cost is also part of the program.
It’s better to have them and not need them rather than need them and not have them.
I say we keep them.
The “War is Boring” blog is a bunch of little wannabes who think their opinion counts for something.
The same idiot probably thinks we should pay $2 billion for abortions.
There are a lot of government costs that I’d see cut before I’d sacrifice our ICBM arsenal.
$2Billion well spent.
Now if could just convince our gov’ts to leave us alone....
These two numbnuts who write this are anti nuke activists who are part of Ploughshares Fund which is an anti nuclear weapon think tank slash activism outfit
Why post this garbage here
They want to save the money to spend on social justice programs worldwide
God love em
Let one go about 50 miles above Tehran and see what happens.
Send them to Mecca.
“Let’s just dispose of them, 100 meters above Mecca and Tehran.”
Agreed, but let’s do it in feet and inches. We are Americans, after all.
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