Nukes? Nukes!
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Adding my own thoughts to those of Cheryl on Trump’s nuclear comments…
For decades, the prohibitionists have carried the day, even resisting arguments to test during the George W. Bush administration.
So what is spurring President Trump’s interest in testing?
Some believe that the President is reacting to recent tests of nuclear delivery systems by Russia, in particular the “Poseidon” undersea drone and the Burevestnik cruise missile.
These high-profile tests captured headlines and seemed to suggest that Russia had weapons that the United States did not, even though the tests involved delivery systems rather than warheads.
Public discussion over the last week has suggested that President Trump sees the possibility of Russian and Chinese low-yield testing as a significant problem, despite the fact that very few nuclear specialists believe that such tests give Moscow or Beijing any considerable advantage.
Others believe that the President simply doesn’t have a very solid idea of what testing nuclear weapons would entail, and is speaking off the cuff in a provocative manner, as is his wont.
It’s possible that he’s already forgotten what he committed to, so we may have nothing to worry about…