[lentulusgracchus]

Mr. Bush was quite the economizer on defense when he came into office, as was his father (who was the original proponent of a "peace dividend").

Dubya is probably murmuring in Tony Blair's ear, "Shut up, Tony!" He needs a frank discussion about nuclear force modernization like he needs a full-blown migraine.

US DoD has done that conversion/upgrade to their "dial-a-nuke" warheads, making them over into ground penetrators with variable yields, but that's about it -- other than the constant build-down and Trident => SSGN conversions.

[garbageseeker]

Complete modernization of U.S. nuclear forces(from strategic,naval and tactical nuclear forces) is imperative and should be the number one priority in light of rhetoric coming from Russia,Iran, North Korea and the ever growing Chinese threat.