U.S. Nuclear Arms Renewal

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U.S. Nuclear Arms Renewal
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President Obama (who campaigned for nuclear
disarmament) is establishing a nationwide wave of
atomic revitalization that includes plans for a
new generation of weapon carriers and plants to
modernize the aging weapons that the United
States can fire from missiles, bombers and
submarines. As the government pays for these
upgrades, a recent federal study put the
collective price tag, over the next three
decades, at up to a trillion dollars. The
original idea was that rebuilding of the nations
nuclear complex would speed arms refurbishment,
raising confidence in the arsenals reliability
and paving the way for new treaties that would
significantly cut the number of warheads (in
other words build weapons to cut weapons). Those
results have not yet taken root. With Russia on
the warpath, China pressing its own territorial
claims and Pakistan expanding its arsenal,
Congress has expressed less interest in atomic
reductions than looking tough in Washingtons
escalating confrontations. Hawks view the
situation as a positive step. They see the
investments as putting the United States in a
stronger position if a new arms race breaks out.
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