Posted on 03/29/2024 2:02:01 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
The United States is facing a countdown to modernize its aging nuclear arsenal in a scenario that has sparked concern just as dangerous world powers are racing to catch up at a time the U.S. could be at its weakest point, Newsweek reported Friday.
"Really big decisions that we should have made yesterday" threaten to leave the U.S. in a precarious position by 2030, experts told Newsweek.
"The next five years — maybe less than that — will be really determinative," Heather Williams, a senior fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank, told Newsweek.
The end of the Cold War put modernization on the back burner, putting a host of nuclear assets in a position of aging out at the same time, threatening the U.S. to be in its weakest position by 2030. Meanwhile, China is rapidly developing nukes, Russia is "unpredictable,"...
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Just put a black female in charge, and get Mexicans to do the work.
Be afraid, be very afraid. That’s how they want us.
You know, we could be in deep do do from external threats, I don’t know, and I don’t trust anything coming from the propaganda machine.
But I do know we are in deep do do from internal threats, our politicians, our media, our educational system...
Sentinel missile behind schedule and 37% over budget
This was started 10 years ago and was supposed to be done by now.
You can thank Clinton and Bush Sr.
When Savanah was shut down in 1988, Clinton and Bush Sr. sat on tritium production for over a decade, finally authorizing it again in 1999.
All the rockets have to be electric by 2030.
NeoCon Warmongering and a Woke Military were more important.
OK, now that’s funny.
Small ballistic supersonic nuke missiles. 1000’s of them spread all over the USA.
That is the only 21st and 22nd century deterrent
So we can contribute our share to the depop?
I have to say I laughed too.
The sad thing is there’s probably some Buttygidgity political appointee in DoD who has proposed it.
Hardening our infrastructure from EMP attack should be priority number one.
Most updated military theory says that trannies are far more effective.
Hey, how goes the rebuilding effort at the Mayak plant? And did the centrifuges at Krasnoyarsk 26 and Krasnoyarsk 45 ever get replaced?
Tomsk-7 is still glowing at night. It’s real pretty on the satellite images.
Sverdlovsk is not showing any activity lately. Of course, the neighborhood along Ulitsa Dachnaya had to be abandoned after that nasty leukemia outbreak among the children.
But at least Zlatoust-36 is busy turning old weapons into useful fuel. Recycle and reuse is a sensible thing to do with old nukes.
The US should be periodically testing our nuclear arsenal to ensure they function, let’s say by dropping them in the Middle East. Best way to modernize them by constant testing. Just need to get rid of that pesky test ban treaty.
I apologize, I’m stuck in the previous iteration of stupidity.
I nominate Iran - when they get one, and that will be soon thanks to Hussein 0bama and Traitor Joe, they'll drop it on us.
Newsmax could not verify any of that stuff, while they could confirm everything in their article, and the US Government confirms that Woke, DEI Quota Hires will address the US Nuclear Weapons, Hypersonic and replacement Ballistic Missile deficits, promising results similar to what we’ve already seen.
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