This comparison is 100% on the money, by the way, as a measure of how we got here. It's not the only reason. NNSA made a lot of screw-ups. (20 years for the CMRR building, anyone?)

But the disarmament & arms control community absolutely ran this playbook and now goes "who, me?" when you mention it.

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So what, Rocky? I can hear it already: Why do we even need these things? Why should I care? It's expensive as all get out, the Russians and Chinese are going to be just as deterred by an old nuke as a new one. If you're getting mugged are you going to gamble that the guy's gun isn't loaded?
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What I can say here is that yes, it matters. The states we deter with nuclear weapons, *and the allies we assure with those same nuclear weapons*, take note of it. They are very smart. They know that weapon aging is of major interest to us, we publicize that. And they do their own science too.
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It's kind of fascinating that the deeper goals of the arms control / nuke disarmament folks aligned so well with the GOP defer everything involving public sector investment and then cancel it cos too pricey playbook.

Given professed mutual
opposition & incompatibility.
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