Agreed that making the bomb is relatively affordable. And yes the UK and France are well equipped. UK alas has been as dodgy faithless unreliable player in the

Agreed that making the bomb is relatively affordable. And yes the UK and France are well equipped. UK alas has been as dodgy faithless unreliable player in the world as Trump, but perhaps maybe France would step up when the tanks roll & defend your nation, but how many nations want to leave their existential existence relying upon a single other nation? I agree with your gist that this ain't a massive economic burden (although my gods, trying to get from ancient Minuteman to Sentinel in the US has been a far-harder-than-it-should-be travail). But that's not the point. The point is proliferation. For not-that-much-less-than a century, the world has agreed that these horrific terrible incredible weapons are too dangerous, are something we should encourage nations to not build, to not need. Because there have been perceived responsible respectable decent powers of the world who have pledged to defend the free world against enemies and incursions. Who are vested in world stability, who see that afraid nations building the bomb for themselves creates a risk that some day those bombs aren't under control, are used by bad players. Conservatism towards the bomb has been an agreed praxis everywhere. And the DJT America has just slid up behind anti&proliferation and slit it's throat and left the bleeding out body of an incredibly sane-making de-risking world-stabilizing force. By being an absolute grade-A weak skinned petty douche.