USA must overhaul its nuclear forces

[mcnoch]

After two decades of significant reduced attention and maintenance to the 5,113 warheads and their carrier-systems and storage sites a general overhaul is overdue. For the US defense budget this might mean extra-costs of 352 billion US$ in the next 10 years.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-nuclear-arsenal-is-ready-for-overhaul/2012/09/15/428237de-f830-11e1-8253-3f495ae70650_story.html?hpid=z2

UK and France face similar issues, Russia tries to solve this issue by scaling down and switching to new, mobile systems.

Seems to me that part of the Peace dividend has to be repaid now with interests.

[Swampy]

The Russians aren't the only problems with aging nukes. But these renovations have to be done, so Congress has to do it - that's stimulus money in itself.

[mcnoch]

The problem is only where should this extra money come from.

[Deleted]

Why is that a problem? Just call Bernancke. He's great at printing up money.