Congress Skeptical of Warhead Plan

[LiberalFighter]

Source: Washington Post

Congressional hearings over the past several weeks have shown that the Bush administration's plan to move ahead with a new generation of nuclear warheads faces strong opposition from House and Senate members concerned that the effort lacks any strategic underpinning and could lead to a new nuclear arms race.

Experts inside and outside the government questioned moving forward with a new warhead as old ones are being refurbished and before developing bipartisan agreement on how many warheads would be needed at the end of what could be a 30-year process. Several, including former senator Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), suggested linking production of a new warhead with U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, a move the Bush administration has opposed.

Rep. David L. Hobson (R-Ohio), who originated what has become the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) program, wants the number of warheads in the current U.S. stockpile declassified as "the first step for an honest dialogue on nuclear weapons." Including warheads that are deployed, inactive and in reserve, the total is assumed to be above 6,000.

"I suspect our potential adversaries know the number of U.S. nuclear warheads with much better precision than do the members of Congress," Hobson said at a recent congressional hearing. "I think I know the number," he added, "but I can't talk about it."

Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/21/AR2007042101000.html?hpid=topnews

[Monkeyman]

1. Gee Just What We Need More Nukes For Bush

[IndianaGreen]

2. As Barbara Boxer said, elections have consequences

and our Democratic Congress is not about to rubber stamp every haired brained idea that Bush has about new weapons or more nukes.

[ShockediSay]

3. One more case of Gov contractors & lobbyists selling US something

that doesn't add up, and won't work.

[Up2Late]

4. Wow, What Great Idea! Let not refurbish the old, already tested warheads...

...and just buy NEW and Improved Warheads that are a compleatly NEW and Improved design and Compleatly Un-TESTED! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

What, you don't trust our untested design? Well, we would test them if we could, but we are banned from doing so, so you'll just have to trust us!

Orrrrrrrr, we could just tell those damn Rooskies to go F*ck themselves and we test them anyway! Yaaaaaaaay! :sarcasm:

Weeeeeeeeeeee!