Why is the US ramping up production of plutonium ‘pits’ for nuclear weapons?
Why is the US ramping up production of plutonium ‘pits’ for nuclear weapons?
The Pentagon is concerned about the the US nuclear arsenal’s viability, but critics worry about a renewed arms race
Because we need to replace and maintain the ones we already have. People have been talking about doing this to our aging stockpile for decades.
It makes sense to reduce our arsenal, but the nukes we do have need to be maintained for safety and reliability.
That sounds awfully legit.
I hate to think that the government is doing exactly what they've said they'd do in a sensible timeframe. What is this nation coming to?
People on the internet like to pretend that if the US just stopped making weapons then everyone else would also stop making weapons.
This, lifecycle renewal only goes so far and old plutonium is still very useful for things like breeder reactors.
Perun made a quite interesting video about this. Basically the US, after the end of the cold war, stopped pit production and relied on the many pits they still had laying around. Now they are worrying that old pits might become unreliable and unserviceable which could weaken the US' nuclear deterrence. Because of that the US is seeking to restart pit production.
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Perhaps the plan is to reach sustainability by eliminating 90% of the population over a short period of time?
Would we consider nuclear annaliation a green project?
How else do you think the US is planning on meeting its climate goals? Certainly not by holding corporations accountable.
Maybe it's because the other major nuclear power keeps making new nuclear threats every week and just withdrew from a major nuclear proliferation treaty?
This. How do people not pay attention to this stuff.
For the Russian takeover. Putin has let his weapons deteriorate so he’s telling his minions here to get prepared for him.
We also need to arm all of the new B-21 raiders. I believe I read they're going to start off with producing 100 of them.