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Only Trump can restore America's ability to win a nuclear war
BY ROBERT MONROE, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR 01/26/18 12:40 PM EST
When the Cold War ended in 1991, America made an unwise decision. No enemies were in sight, so our leaders with the strong concurrence of the American people decided it was safe to dismantle much of the superb nuclear weapons capability that had won that half-century of poised armageddon.
Ongoing nuclear programs were stopped. Budgets were cut. New nuclear capabilities were prohibited by law. A presidential moratorium denied underground nuclear testing. No research into advanced nuclear technology was allowed. Essentially, America went into an unannounced a nuclear freeze, and we have progressively increased its restrictions and denials for a quarter-century.
As a result we have lost most of our essential nuclear weapons capabilities. All of our nuclear weapons are far beyond the end of their design lives. Not one has been tested for over 25 years to make sure they still work. Designed for the nuclear threat of a past century, our much-reduced nuclear stockpile is unable to deter most of the nuclear threats we face today.
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http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/370901-only-trump-can-restore-americas-ability-to-win-a-nuclear-war
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)7000 is a much reduced stockpile....unable to deter threats...moronic beyond measure.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)What the what?!
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)We'd all be dead