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No, western countries are reducing their nuclear weapons stockpiles dramatically, and have been for decades. Some others are as well. [1] https://en.wikipedia.
by djrogers 9y ago
No, western countries are reducing their nuclear weapons stockpiles dramatically, and have been for decades. Some others are as well.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_nuclear_weapons_stockpiles_and_nuclear_tests_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_nuclear_weapons_sto...
- dx034 9y agoNuclear weapons are still a big election topic in the UK and the unwillingness of one candidate (Corbyn) to have/use them is seen as a weakness by many.
- eesmith 9y agoWhile true, that's because those weapons are more precise and robust. There's no need to have so much redundancy. Eg, with super-fuze all of our submarines have hard-target kill capability. That wasn't true a decade ago.
- baursak 9y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/us/politics/trump-nuclear-weapons-arsenal-congressional-budget.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/us/politics/trump-nuclear...