AOW #20: The Dangers of Our Aging Nuclear Arsenal

I really did not understand one bit of this article. The past couple article of the weeks have been nothing but confusing and hard to get 300 words out of, but I guess i’ll try my best too. This weeks article is on problems going on with the nuclear enterprise according to the pentagon. The stockpile for the United States nuclear weapons have decreased rapidly over the years due to the end of the Cold War. The U.S went from 31,000 weapons down to around 4,800.

So I take it that after the Cold War the government has not tried to keep up with any of the arsenal.The United States stores and keeps their missiles and weapons in poorly run down buildings where things are rusted and falling apart. According to the article “The demoralized Air Force personnel safeguarding the weapons have been plagued by scandals reaching to the very top of the command structure-including drug missiles, mislaid missiles, and widespread cheating on readiness tests”(The Week 1). How crazy is that? If I understood this right, the Air Force people in charge of the weapons were caught with drugs?

That is real safe, no wonder are nuclear weapons and what not is falling apart. I think they better had be doing something about this, and keeping an eye on the personnel more. They should do frequent drug tests to ensure the safety of these people and our country. They are dealing with dangerous weapons, thats a big responsibility. The Air Force personnel and officers spend many hours underground working long hours in a small little hole 60 feet underground completing task after task for this stuff.

Supposedly missiles and some weapons have come up missing accidentally. Which I don’t believe one bit. The United States thinks they are going to keep the rest of the arsenal from falling apart, but really it doesn't sound like to me they have been doing a very good job keeping it maintained so what makes them think they are going to do a good job at it now? Something definitely needs to be done before it continues to get out of hand.

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