Why, in god's name, are we still building nuclear weapons...?

knowing as much as we know about not only the staggering destructive capability of nuclear weapons but also the horrendous long-term effects, why are we still so intent on building and stockpiling them...? and don't gimme this crap about their "deterrent capability..." as we can plainly see, in today's world, a nuclear weapons stockpile only serves to motivate other nations to do the same thing...

The Nuclear Weapons Council, made up of senior Defense Department and National Nuclear Security Administration officials, said yesterday that they plan to continue developing a new nuclear weapons program even though recent studies suggested that existing stockpiles are in better condition than had been thought.

The announcement comes just two days after the release of studies by the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories showing that plutonium triggers in currently stockpiled weapons will remain reliable for 90 to 100 years.

A major reason for starting the new weapons program -- known as the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) -- was the belief that highly radioactive plutonium would degrade so much within 45 years that it could affect the reliability of the weapons in the current stockpile, many of which were built in the late 1960s.

the trident I, sub-launched missile, can carry 8 warheads, and the trident II can carry up to 14, but it only takes one single warhead to unleash the destructive force of hell...



what's wrong with this picture - besides everything...?

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