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To: PJBankard
-- It is also cheaper to develop new warheads than to maintain older models. --

Isn't there some sort of moratorium of developing new? Or is it just a moratorium on testing? Agree with you, cost of new (and reliability of new) favors shifting to new.

Thanks for the corrections on size of stockpile. My general point was that the issue is probably more complex than what Trump has in his head right now. The size of the stockpile is a strategic calculation, and tough of its own right.

81 posted on 02/08/2016 7:55:29 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

I know that we don’t do live nuclear tests anymore, new development is all done through simulations. Unsure if there is a stoppage on newer development.


89 posted on 02/08/2016 8:02:30 AM PST by PJBankard (It is the spirit of the men who leads that gains the victory. - Gen. George Patton)
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