Posted on 09/19/2020 10:47:29 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Democrat Joe Biden leaves little doubt that if elected he would try to scale back President Donald Trump’s buildup in nuclear weapons spending. And although the former vice president has not fully detailed his nuclear priorities, he says he would make the U.S. less reliant on the world’s deadliest weapons.
The two candidates’ views on nuclear weapons policy and strategy carry unusual significance in this election because the United States is at a turning point in deciding the future of its weapons arsenal and because of growing debate about the threat posed by Chinese and Russian nuclear advances. […]
Biden embraces the notion that nuclear weapons should play a smaller role in defense strategy and that the ultimate goal should be a nuclear-free world. He has not spelled out how he would pursue this, but he has dropped clues.
He has said, for example, that he opposes the Trump administration’s decision to develop and deploy two types of missiles armed with less-powerful “low-yield” nuclear warheads. One is a sea-launched cruise missile that is some years from being fielded; the other is a long-range ballistic missile that the Navy began deploying aboard submarines nearly a year ago.
“Bad idea,” Biden said in July 2019. Having these makes the U.S. “more inclined to use them,” he added.
During the campaign, Biden also has embraced what nuclear strategists call a “no first use” policy. …
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No body gives a damn about nukes any more
Not even Iran?
He can ask his ChiCom buddies to produce more of the coronavirus they unleashed on us and the rest of the world!
Yeh....I get to use my Roy Rogers pistols.
You, Obama, and the other tree-huggers think arming the US with fly swatters will end the use of nukes? That would simply invite some crazy state to try and turn the US into a glass parking lot. You’re not only senile now, you’re stupid to boot!
Just trying to earn that $1.5 Billion dollars China ‘gave Hunter’.
Defund the military?
Or populate it with more “transgenders”.
Like depending less on the cops in a city.
That’s why the Chinese are building up their arsenal?
Mutually assured destruction
Iran would be a case where it would not work, especially if they get those weapons.
Go ahead Joe, explain why you and your side-kick Barack give Iran 1.3 billion dollars in accumulated interest that the Mullahs of Iran had no business getting, seeing as they weren’t the ones in power at the time the weapons were ordered, and they weren’t the ones who paid for them. And also, please explain why you gave Iran an additional $400 million in cash. For someone who doesn’t want the U.S. to have nuclear weapons, you certainly managed to provide the funds so Iran could have them.
Without nuclear dominance, the US would quickly cease to exist.
Like the Democratic party, Biden is friends with America’s enemies. China, Russia, Iran - it doesn’t matter. Any or all enemies will do.
I’ve got my Daisy Air Rifle ready.(and it’s got a compass in the stock!).
Maybe, but even they would think twice. If we didn’t have nukes, while others did, we most definitely would be attacked. My point is just that although nuclear armaments are horrible, we need to have them and to keep them current and operational - so we don’t ever have to use them.
Someday, when liberals are in charge, Russia will send its nukes, and the US won’t respond. Europe will surrender the next day.
Not just maybe. The Mullahs are literally nihilistic and would not think twice. Perhaps for a time they would play the MAD game just to increase their influence, but they would think nothing of a first strike when they felt it was necessary to call their Mahdi out of that well in that mosque in Qom.
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