Do you think it fortunate that US has no underling countries calling for US disarmaming of nuclear weapons?

Question

I'm sure that there were officers that paid dearly for this outstanding fiasco, but just the same... are nuclear weapons safe anywhere????

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/nuclear_mistake

Answer 1

Well -- this is just one example -- the US losing track of 6 operational nuclear warheads for over a day.

If you check -- the US has lost in the past few decades dozens of pounds of weapons grade nuclear material -- easily enough to make a handful of functional nuclear weapons -- and the design itself has been public knowledge for many years.

And the US -- losing only dozens of pounds -- is still way ahead of the former USSR -- which has lost hundreds of pounds of nuclear materials -- completely unaccounted for and on the black market -- meaning that anyone who really wants to build a nuclear bomb could, with very little difficulty.

All the panic about a couple countries enriching uranium -- it's a smokescreen -- the cat is long out of the bag.

Answer 2

The US is already dismantling it's nuclear stock pile.

The last treaty with Russia, calls for the US to be down to 2,200 nuclear warheads by 2012.

Currently, we are 50% ahead of schedule, in dismantling the old nuclear war heads.

Answer 3

Many nations would enjoy the disarmament of the United States, such as Iran and Venezuela. That is a thing our government will not consider doing for anyone.

Answer 4

FOR YOUR INFO
ALL OF THE MEDIUM RANGE MISSILES THAT WERE DEPLOYED IN EUROPE WERE DESTROYED AND THEIR WARHEADS DISASSEMBLED.UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYES OF THE USSR INSPECTORS.MOST OF THE OTHER WAR MACHINES OF THE COLD WAR ARE GONE AS WELL,REPLACED WITH NEWER MORE REFINED SYSTEMS.LESS IS BEST AND MORE EFFICIENT.