If true, this is very good news. MAD is the only way to deter Russia and China and the best way to keep nuclear war from happening.
Anyone who thinks we are disarm and "outlaw" these weapons is way more than naïve.
I guess only having enough nukes to destroy the world a few times isn't enough already.
B.the boomers are getting old
C.the boomers carriers are even older (B52s air frame designed in the 50s and the Minuteman-IIIs are 60s tech)
D.thus upgrades are in order
Essentially, yes. Ultimately, being divided far more by class than nationality or ideology can have a beneficial side-effect: those who rule even our greatest international enemies (Russia, Iran, North Korea) are educated, affluent... they have no desire to die or see that which they rule over vaporized in a nuclear apocalypse. Nuclear terrorism is still far, far more frightening than another American/Russian arms race. Both understand what pushing the shiny red button means for each side.
