” It seems like hardly any, to me.We should have at least double that number, and we should be prepared to use them.”
Is this an emotional answer or an objective one? Why don’t we have 2 million nukes? Why 5,000? Whether you are willing to use them is another question.
What happens if you have a nuke?
a) you have to guard it
b) you have to maintain it
c) if you don’t use it, you have to remove it from your inventory and remove the nuclear material and do something with it
All of these steps cost money. Lots of it. The military is an inefficient enterprise in general.
Our country is broke. We can no longer do things without thinking about the costs. We never could. We just thought we could.
I don't do "emotional answers".
Why don’t we have 2 million nukes?
We don't have 2 million targets. Or even one million. Not every bomber or missile gets to its target
Our country is broke. We can no longer do things without thinking about the costs.
True, but irrelevant. We can't afford socialism. Never could. The cost of nukes is a drop in the bucket.