Nuclear security

Obama’s nuclear deception

According to the Arms Control Association (ACA), an American military think tank, the Pentagon and the NNSA are working on halving the types of U.S. nuclear warheads, which number 10 at present, and introducing the B61 Model 12 nuclear warhead as a replacement with the aim of sharply reducing the explosive force, the nuclear fallout and casualties. The New York Times has reported that the destructive force of the new model is a mere 2 percent of that of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.

Smaller warheads require new means of delivery and platforms. Thus, the Pentagon is preparing new Minuteman III ICBMs costing an estimated $62 billion, SSBN-X submarines to replace the Ohio-class submarines costing an estimated $139 billion, and long-range “standoff” cruise missiles costing an estimated $25 billion. The ACA estimates that the total cost of the new development programs will come to $1 trillion.