> “It’s important to keep these parts around,” said Franklin C. Miller, a nuclear expert who held federal posts for three decades before leaving government serv

> “It’s important to keep these parts around,” said Franklin C. Miller, a nuclear expert who held federal posts for three decades before leaving government service in 2005. “If we had the manufacturing complex we once did, we wouldn’t have to rely on the old parts.” He added that other nuclear powers can and do make new atomic parts. This is depressing. It’s much like the F-22, we’ve lost the capability to make those too. It’s remarkable how rapidly the USA has declined in the past couple decades. Pretty much the only thing we have going for us is a stranglehold on international payments, and that won’t last.