Big events are in store for the nuclear weapon research labs over the next few years. Advanced low-yield weapons and other Trump desired weapons are being planned to modernize the US nuclear arsenal. After decades of neglect, you are going to see a lot of growth at these labs to support this dramatic buildup in strategic policy. This is far more concrete than Obama's pathetic RRW non-starter. Start working out your equipment wish lists and prepare your hiring needs:
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Pentagon unveils new nuclear weapons strategy, ending Obama-era push to reduce U.S. arsenal
Washington Post - Feb 2, 2018
The Pentagon released a new nuclear arms policy Friday that calls for the introduction of two new types of weapons, effectively ending Obama-era efforts to reduce the size and scope of the U.S. arsenal and minimize the role of nuclear weapons in defense planning.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in an introductory note to the new policy — the first update to the military’s nuclear strategy since 2010 — that the changes reflect a need to “look reality in the eye” and “see the world as it is, not as we wish it to be.”
The previous administration’s policy hinged on what President Barack Obama called a moral obligation for the United States to lead by example in ridding the world of nuclear weapons. Officials in the Trump administration and the U.S. military argue that Obama’s approach proved overly idealistic, particularly as relations with Moscow soured. Russia, China and North Korea, they say, all advanced their nuclear weapons capabilities instead of following suit.
“Over the past decade, while the United States has led the world in these reductions, every one of our potential nuclear adversaries has been pursuing the exact opposite strategy,” Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said at a Pentagon news conference, explaining why the United States is changing course. “These powers are increasing the numbers and types of nuclear weapons in their arsenal.”
The new nuclear weapons policy follows on Donald Trump’s promise before taking office to expand and strengthen U.S. nuclear capabilities. President Trump also vowed during his State of the Union address Tuesday to build a nuclear arsenal “so strong and powerful that it will deter any acts of aggression.”
The threats have changed dramatically since the last time the Pentagon updated its nuclear weapons policy, with Russia reemerging as a geopolitical foe. North Korea, meanwhile, has edged closer to possessing a missile capable of striking the U.S. mainland with a nuclear warhead, bringing the prospect of nuclear war back to the forefront of the American psyche for the first time since the Cold War ... (article continues)
www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-unveils-new-nuclear-weapons-strategy-ending-obama-era-push-to-reduce-us-arsenal/2018/02/02/
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Pentagon unveils new nuclear weapons strategy, ending Obama-era push to reduce U.S. arsenal
Washington Post - Feb 2, 2018
The Pentagon released a new nuclear arms policy Friday that calls for the introduction of two new types of weapons, effectively ending Obama-era efforts to reduce the size and scope of the U.S. arsenal and minimize the role of nuclear weapons in defense planning.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in an introductory note to the new policy — the first update to the military’s nuclear strategy since 2010 — that the changes reflect a need to “look reality in the eye” and “see the world as it is, not as we wish it to be.”
The previous administration’s policy hinged on what President Barack Obama called a moral obligation for the United States to lead by example in ridding the world of nuclear weapons. Officials in the Trump administration and the U.S. military argue that Obama’s approach proved overly idealistic, particularly as relations with Moscow soured. Russia, China and North Korea, they say, all advanced their nuclear weapons capabilities instead of following suit.
“Over the past decade, while the United States has led the world in these reductions, every one of our potential nuclear adversaries has been pursuing the exact opposite strategy,” Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said at a Pentagon news conference, explaining why the United States is changing course. “These powers are increasing the numbers and types of nuclear weapons in their arsenal.”
The new nuclear weapons policy follows on Donald Trump’s promise before taking office to expand and strengthen U.S. nuclear capabilities. President Trump also vowed during his State of the Union address Tuesday to build a nuclear arsenal “so strong and powerful that it will deter any acts of aggression.”
The threats have changed dramatically since the last time the Pentagon updated its nuclear weapons policy, with Russia reemerging as a geopolitical foe. North Korea, meanwhile, has edged closer to possessing a missile capable of striking the U.S. mainland with a nuclear warhead, bringing the prospect of nuclear war back to the forefront of the American psyche for the first time since the Cold War ... (article continues)
www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-unveils-new-nuclear-weapons-strategy-ending-obama-era-push-to-reduce-us-arsenal/2018/02/02/
Comments
I did comment but somehow it did not make it. In short: it is not clear that any of this will come pass for various reasons one of which is that Trump may get thrown out before long, so why comment on something that probably will never come to pass.
February 9, 2018 at 12:46 PM
Your advanced case of TDS is obviously skewing your reasoning. So sad to see in so many of our citizens, with no apparent treatment or even palliative care available.
Who, exactly, is going to "throw him out"???
Fat chance, you listen to MSDNC to much, way too much !
Look the stock market is crashing due to Trump, the people are turning on him because of how is changing the country. Will he be impeached, maybe yes maybe no, but as long as it is a question he will have no power to change anything.
You were not correct when you claimed that people are turning on him.
Excuse but the entire but people like Colbert are against him, who do you think counts more you or Colbert.
Your cognitive dissonance is stunning, and not a litle funny. In two consecutive sentences you say of Trump "the people are turning on him because of how is changing the country" and "as long as it [impeachment] is a question he will have no power to change anything." So which is it? You hate what he does but you think he has no power to do anything? This is what passes for "progressive" logic?
How would you know?
My answer is the polls count much more than Colbert.
Scooby, why did you censure this comment the first time I submitted it???????
How would you know?
How would I know what?
How would I know what?
February 12, 2018 at 6:01 PM
Good you making some progress admitting you do not know something is a good first step. Keep this up and before long you realize that you know nothing. Keep up the good work.
February 18, 2018 at 11:23 PM
What a load of crap. In case you missed it, due to several treaties, the US has no "low yield, miniturizd nukes." They've all been dismantled many years ago. You can cite all the "rumors" you want but I've been there, and it ain't happening.
P.S.; The "top people" don't work on unfunded made-up BS "subjects."