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I wonder how much of that $400 Billion will count as 'Profit' for those who lobbied for this, probably over half

Send in the weapons inspectors



"High-ranking Pentagon officials told members of Congress this week that the United States is in dire need of billions of dollars? worth of upgrades to the country?s arsenal of antiquated atomic warheads.

Before a meeting of the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, United States Department of Defense officials said the US must spend at least a decade working to revitalize the high-power weapons, and insisted that doing otherwise could be detrimental to the country?s national security.

Madelyn R. Creedon, the assistant secretary of defense for global strategic affairs, insisted to lawmakers that the US is obligated to move forward with plans to invest a tremendous amount of time and money into the program, because the repercussions of not doing so would be not worth risking.

?Modernization work of this kind is expensive, but there is no doubt that the investment ... is necessary,? Creedon said, according to Reuters? David Alexander.

Alexander reported that Creedon considers the US? B61 gravity bomb, currently deployed in Europe, a ?cornerstone? of America?s commitment to protect its fellow NATO nations.

Elsewhere during the hearing, the commander of the US Strategic Command said that three key functions performed by the nation?s nuclear arsenal could be questioned if upgrades aren?t made soon.

America?s warheads deter potential adversaries, assure allies and partners and ?in the unlikely event deterrence fails, [they employ] nuclear weapons when directed by the president to achieve US and allied objectives,? Air Force Gen. C. Robert Kehler told the committee, according to the American Forces Press Service.

To do as much, Kehler said, requires repairing and replacing of old components that have degraded over the course of several decades.

?Our requirement to deter nuclear attack is a military mission,? Kehler said. ?This B-61 weapon arms the B-2. It will arm the future long-range strike platform. It arms the dual-capable aircraft that are forward stationed in Europe as well as those of our NATO allies.?

Earlier in the hearing, Creedon told the panel that the last time the country?s nuclear stockpile was fully examined and upgraded accordingly occurred in the 1990s when the production of new warheads was suspended.

Launching an operation now, though ? even if some call it imperative ? is too costly to consider for others. The non-partisan Stimson Center think-tank estimated last year estimated that the cost of upgrading the nation?s entire nuclear arsenal over the course of a decade, including weapons, infrastructure and delivery systems, could come at a price-tag as high as $400 billion. At the same time, the sequestration deal signed earlier this year calls for the Pentagon to slash spending by roughly $1 trillion during that same time-span.

Not all say it?s worth it, and among those is Kingston Reif, an analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. According to Reuters, Reif said that spending even as little as $11 billion to upgrade just the B61 bomb would be inappropriate.

"That program is unaffordable, unrealistic and unnecessary because there are cheaper alternatives to extend the life of the weapon,? Reif said in a recent interview cited by Reuters.

Others, including the Pentagon?s Kehler, said it is something that should be done despite any astronomical costs.

Equipping current and future nuclear bombers is a ?necessary and crucial component of the triad and arming that force is a top priority,? Kehler said at this week?s hearing.

http://rt.com/usa/atomic-nuclear-upgrades-needed-043/

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sandman!

im sure 50% is skimmed off the top

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Joshua G

i love it when the pentagon spends a trillion for nuclear missiles that will never be used, & another trillion for missiles that will never be used to shoot down the nuclear missiles that will never be used.

Captain Kawaii

Ah,,, the days of $600 hammers soon to turn into $2,000 hammers 2014 style.

wehateporn

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wehateporn

Pentagon needs to start buying in WalMart

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wehateporn

Surely this means the wars with Iran, Syria and Lebanon have been suspended for now, so with Afghan and Iraq coming towards the end, they need another big payday, they've discovered that public opinion is completely anti-war, so now they move away from 'Attack' and back to so-called 'Defense' to justify their pay bonanza

I hope that is the case, it seems the lesser of the two evils

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pimpmaster9000

the old nukes, that can destroy the world 1000x over do not go booooom! enough

Rochard

Why do we need all of these nuclear weapons? Cold war is over. The odds of any country attacking us AND the US using nukes is rather slim...

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PR_Glen

only BECAUSE it keeps it's gun loaded... You don't disarm the sheriff and expect everyone to play nice after.

not a fan of it, but it's true.

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nico-t

Military–industrial complex.

An economy based on war and weapons is just sad for the whole earth and everything living on it. I hope I will see the day this destructive business model is gone, but im afraid that will remain a utopia thanks to our beloved leaders.

_Richard_

nuclear weapons are cash cows.. there is nothing 'defensive' about it

Joshua G

there is something that will kill the unlimited black budgets...even more unlimited entitlement spending that drives the debt so high that its 150% + GDP. as the national credit card is far from maxed out, look for spending shenanigans to continue unabated...until the next recession really blows out the budget.

seeandsee

usa and russia can, iran cant?

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Sunny Day

With a bunch nearby, it's good to know I won't be killed by old bombs going off. Just all the other ways a nuke/bio/regular war can kill me.

bronco67

Just imagine how much good that 500 billion could do in education.

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_Richard_

we could have the best trained technological population on the planet within 10 years? Putting us way ahead of the competition and affectedly taking control of the markets, because we control the technology?

naaa, crack pot