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Trump would consider letting Japan and South Korea build nuclear arsenals
The Hill ^ | March 26, 2016, | Jessie Hellmann

Posted on 03/26/2016 6:35:20 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie

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To: dp0622

No my comment had nothing to do with ours.

I was just saying Trump is up on things.

Completely so.


21 posted on 03/26/2016 6:59:06 PM PDT by cba123
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

In fact, our decaying nuclear capability has been on my radar for some time.


22 posted on 03/26/2016 6:59:48 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: datura

Do you realize how Abe Shinzou has been throwing off those constitutional limits of late? And not for our benefit in particular. Also consider his involvement in a movement that seeks to bring back State Shinto.


23 posted on 03/26/2016 7:01:07 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: tcrlaf

The Japanese have become a first rate technological power, second to none in their expertise.

They have nuclear reactors; many in fact.

The idea that they could not make nukes quickly, if they want them, is nonsense.

Obama has been pushing for them to have nukes by his actions and his weakening of American military force.

I agree with your assessment.


24 posted on 03/26/2016 7:06:10 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: McGruff

“Trump said the U.S. cannot always “be the policeman of the world”

“We shouldn’t have to be.”

Shouldn’t is wishful thinking. Someone has to defacto maintain global stability. England did it for almost 200 years with pax Brittanica.

Then the U.S. took over for another 75 years, with a relatively less powerful Soviet Union playing a less dominant role.

A world that has multiple power centers is an unstable world.


25 posted on 03/26/2016 7:10:00 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Trump is scaring the right people. Refreshing.


26 posted on 03/26/2016 7:11:52 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: dp0622

Sandia National Labs In NM performs nuclear weapons testing. And as was demonstrated by the Navy and the Air Force over the last couple of months here in California, our Minuteman III ICBM’s and Trident sub-launched missiles. still work just fine.

But to say that would to destroy Trump’s narrative that, “everything is falling apart.”


27 posted on 03/26/2016 7:12:32 PM PDT by JPX2011
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To: JPX2011

How do you people know these things!! :)

i’m an expert on nothing.

i’m glad to know they are tested and are working.


28 posted on 03/26/2016 7:16:32 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: Yashcheritsiy

The Japanese have a Friday nuke. If they need one, they’ll have it by Friday.


29 posted on 03/26/2016 7:18:23 PM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: dp0622

Ha! Most of it is local knowledge. Vandenberg AFB out here test launches our missiles, and a few months ago one of our subs off the coast launched a missile and it created a weird atmospheric phenomenon that scared the crap out of people all over the state. You should’ve seen the panic, people thought the aliens had come. LOL!


30 posted on 03/26/2016 7:19:35 PM PDT by JPX2011
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To: JPX2011

When was the last time we set off a nuclear test?

I think it was 1992.

That was 24 years ago.

So, we have not been updating our arsenals for 24 years.

I expect they still work, but they do have a shelf life. Hopefully we are replacing components on a regular basis.

The Test Ban Treaty has never gone into effect.


31 posted on 03/26/2016 7:21:46 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: JPX2011

that’s funny :)


32 posted on 03/26/2016 7:22:08 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: JohnBrowdie
“We have nuclear arsenals which are in very terrible shape,” he said. “They don’t even know if they work.”

That's presidential. Not!

33 posted on 03/26/2016 7:27:05 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: marktwain

Other than computer simulations we have the Nuclear Ignition Facility to run experiments to test shelf life. We’re far ahead of everybody else.


34 posted on 03/26/2016 7:29:50 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: cba123

Trump is completely up on things.

100%.

...

He’s hired advisors already.


35 posted on 03/26/2016 7:31:04 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: JohnBrowdie

The headline is INCREDIBLY misleading, undiplomatic in the extreme —probably deliberately.

“LETTING”...?

He said nothing of the sort. The word is designed to make it look like the US orders other countries around.

He was conceding that in the end they’ll have to go their own way.


36 posted on 03/26/2016 7:31:53 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: JPX2011

Trumps a negotiator. He wants these countries to pay more and to stop taking advantage of the American people through the crooks in Washington who don’t care.


37 posted on 03/26/2016 7:32:54 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: JohnBrowdie

How “brilliant” is nuclear proliferation? Where would it end?


38 posted on 03/26/2016 7:36:51 PM PDT by kik5150 (Cruz argued 9 times before Supreme Court judges. Trump argues with beauty pageant judges.)
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To: JPX2011
Sandia National Labs In NM performs nuclear weapons testing. And as was demonstrated by the Navy and the Air Force over the last couple of months here in California, our Minuteman III ICBM’s and Trident sub-launched missiles. still work just fine.

No one sent Trump a tweet?

39 posted on 03/26/2016 7:38:04 PM PDT by A_Tradition_Continues (formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98 Class of '98)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans; All
In fact, our decaying nuclear capability has been on my radar for some time.

Mine too. The fact is, going back approximately 7 years, there has been a move to 'test' the reliability of our nuclear warheads using computer simulations, precisely a supercomputer known as the 'Roadrunner', rather than randomly pulling a warhead for underground detonation in a physical test.

Simulations are fine, and our computer technology is certainly advanced (the 'Roadrunner' is described as having "3,240 computing modules linked by two-tier Infiniband networks, each module houses two AMD dual-core Opteron processors and four PowerXCells. The system consumes about 4 megawatts of power.") but there is NO reliable substitute for actual testing. By totally relying upon computer simulations, you run the risk of having an undetermined, even if small number of warheads that are 'duds' and will fail to detonate when called upon to do so at the most critical time.

Trump is probably well aware of this.
40 posted on 03/26/2016 7:38:24 PM PDT by mkjessup (The GOPe IS the "Enemy Within" !!)
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