... much to Mohammad's dismay.
Posted on 12/22/2016 10:18:39 AM PST by Navy Patriot
Donald Trump has called for the US to "greatly strengthen and expand" its nuclear arsenal.
The president-elect, who takes office next month, said the US must take such action "until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes".
He spoke hours after President Vladimir Putin said Russia needs to bolster its military nuclear potential.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
... much to Mohammad's dismay.
Tom Tancredo’s solution
Peace through strength.
Donald “Why can’t we use Nukes” Trump!
Also in case of comets and asteroids....
And no I am not tired of it.
Boy, this announcement ought to make the gentle little snowflakes piss their pants.
the best defense is a good offense
“Boy, this announcement ought to make the gentle little snowflakes piss their pants”
Oh...they have some really evil comments about Donald (see below).
Apparently they missed this announcement when Obama wanted to expand nuclear weapons (March, 2016):
http://billmoyers.com/story/the-trillion-dollar-question-the-media-have-neglected-to-ask-presidential-candidates/
Evil comments about madman Trump here:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-calls-for-expanded-us-nuclear-weapons-capability/ar-BBxsswV?li=AA5a8k&ocid=spartandhp
We already have enough nukes.
It would be better to spend the money on security measure research, anti-terror attack training, grant money for crowd protection and public building structural modifications, etc.
The British used to pay their soldiers extra money if they learned critical languages.
We need to modernize. Not so much to expand.
Companies that support research, building, maintaining, safety, recycling, and delivery of nuclear weapons :
Boeing (planes /components) ,
Northrup Grumman (B2, components),
General Dynamics (tactical B61 capable fighters, major Ohio SSBN upgrade),
GenCorp Aerojet (safety, plane load),
Huntington Ingalls, (nuclear subs/ships and safety),
Lockheed Martin (Planes, electronics, fusing, bomb hookups, etc) Babcock & Wilcox (uranium enrichment) ,
Betchel (research),
Honeywell (safety, components) ,
URS Corp(Y12 plant ) ,
GE (housing/release/guidance/electrics) ,
Aecom Flour (warhead assembly and plant services) ,
Jacobs Engineering (nuclear facilities and lifecycle),
Alliant Techsystems (targeting/battle damage assessment(BDA), and
Rockwell Collins (guidance/gyros)
IBM (super computers) .
Good to keep an eye out on some of these names. Many smaller companies also support nuclear transporting, storage, and safety, (ITT, Raytheon, Freightliner/Ford/GM, Colt/FN/Motorola, etc), but the big government contracts to the companies above.
No we don't. We cannot realistically say that they all go BANG.
We have to infer that some won't leave the silo, some won't separate, some won't get into orbit, some will break, and many other unforeseen circumstances.
THIS IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO TEST our designs with live-fire exercises.
We can't have a true nuclear deterrent unless we can still have nukes in reserve in case anyone tries a "bolt from the blue" or "decapitation" or "counterforce" nuclear strike.
We rely too much on our SSBNs and our ICBMs are critically vulnerable. We have to have lots of reliable nukes in case the unthinkable happens, up until we figure out how to get rid of the damn things. The genie is out of the bottle, and I fear that Pakistan and North Korea won't give them up. Russia MIGHT, but after losing 100mm people in WWII, unlikely.
We also need to update our nuclear weapons for "micronukes" and clean enhanced radiation tactical nukes (neutron bombs). Technology has advanced light years, but we are stuck on, at best mid-to- late 1990s safety, security, guidance, etc.
Not a bad strategy, I suspect Trump’s “expand” applies to capability, flexibility, creation, updating and options much more than just numbers of warheads
yes
but
he will have to buy the uranium from
Putin/Uranium One/Clintoons/Guestra/Clintoon Foundation
5 minutes ago they were saying he’s an agent of the Kremlin, not they say he wants to start a war with them.
it’s not that I don’t trust the BBC, well actually, no, I don’t trust the BBC.....when did Trump make this grand announcement?
It’s probably more about where they “ expand” to rather than how many.
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