Redneck Grand Battery - US Reveals Its Gigantic Nuclear Stockpile
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[quote][B]Washington (CNN)[/B] -- The United States has[B][U] 5,113 nuclear warheads[/U][/B] in its stockpile and many thousands more that have been retired and are awaiting dismantling, according to a senior defense official.
The release of the number of warheads marks only the second time in U.S. history the government has released the once top secret information.
The Pentagon statistics show the nuclear stockpile was reduced by 75 percent between the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and September 30, 2009, and 84 percent since its peak of more than 31,255 in 1967.
The 5,113 warheads include active and inactive ones, according to the senior defense official.
The numbers released Monday also include yearly statistics on the strategic long-range and nonstrategic short-range weapons dating back to 1962. Previously released information on the stockpile size showed the number of warheads from 1945 through 1961.
The release of the most recent stockpile accounting by the U.S. government "is important to nonproliferation efforts, and to pursuing follow-on reductions" after the upcoming ratification of the updated START treaty, according to a fact sheet released by the Pentagon on Monday.
"We think the United States has set an example of transparency," according to a senior defense official.
Reporters were briefed on the statistical information at the Pentagon as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed the United Nations during a conference to review of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.
Active warheads are those ready to be used within a short period of time, while inactive warheads are maintained but have key parts removed from them, the official said.
The United States has thousands more [URL="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Nuclear_Weapons"][COLOR=#004276]nuclear warheads[/COLOR][/URL] that have not been dismantled but are slated to be taken apart. Those weapons have key parts removed from them and are not maintained, the official said. The warheads are only being kept secure and it would take a good deal of effort and money to restore them to working order, the official said.
The Pentagon did not provide a figure on the number waiting to be dismantled, but did acknowledge there are thousands.[/quote]
[URL]http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/05/03/us.nuclear.warhead.count/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn[/URL]
Explosive news.
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They've cut down so much the current numbers hardly seem worth complaining about, but nuclear weapons aren't for using, they're for threatening with.
They should cut the casings and half and make them into rowing boats.
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;21726254]They should cut the casings and half and make them into rowing boats.[/QUOTE]
Radioactive rowing boats :dance:
Wait, is the thread title implying that all Americans are rednecks?
Goddamn, Gmod_Fan77. You continue to outdo yourself.
we need more
I still don't see the point of having thousands upon thousands of nukes when you only need a few to fuck the entire world over.
This better be as low as it gets. We only have enough to destroy a few planets if we get into an interstellar war.
[QUOTE=Trogdon;21726313]we need more[/QUOTE]
sadly we're dismantling them :saddowns:
I bet there's a ton of them in Alaska.
That's hardly any considering we had 6 times as many in the late 60's.
Why are we spending money on that many fucking nukes
Are we planning to just destroy every planet in the solar system or something?
Can somebody post the "How many nukes it would take to destroy humanity" image?
Take that Cuba!
You have to wonder...
One warhead- not scary enough to enemies...
Two, three....six hundred warheads? You're getting warm...
One thousand, two thousand...five thousand warheads? Yep, that's the sweet spot baby!
At what point is it enough and why is that number enough, not ten less or five more?
Damn, what an amazing waste of resources.
[QUOTE=dudder;21726336]I still don't see the point of having thousands upon thousands of nukes when you only need a few to fuck the entire world over.[/QUOTE]
"My cock is bigger then your cock"
Seriously, that is what it comes down too. It is a deterrent for other countries, makes them think twice before trying anything major against us.
If it were up to me, I would [I]say[/I] we were dismantling them, but really build more.
[QUOTE=G71tc4;21726728]Can somebody post the "How many nukes it would take to destroy humanity" image?[/QUOTE]
That's a dumb, illogical picture.
Does it really matter if you have more than 100? cause that seems like enough to level any of my enemies, fuck even less will do.
The problem with the applying numbers to the number of nukes it would take to destroy the Earth is variance in size and power. Different bombs have different strategic value, therein you need multiple bombs of different types to perform certain tasks. (i.e destroy only a countries capital/military bases, while leaving agriculture/infrastructure in the rest of it in decent condition.)
I greatly appose the use of nuclear weapons though. Simply stating fact.
[QUOTE=Hypershadsy;21726217]Yaaay! More weapons and more reasons to not use them![/QUOTE]
More? I highly, highly doubt that you read beyond the first sentence or two of the article, which says quite a few things about you.
i didn't know rednecks could use nukes
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[QUOTE=Dr. Punchgroin;21726686]Why are we spending money on that many fucking nukes
Are we planning to just destroy every planet in the solar system or something?[/QUOTE]
we're not spending money on making nukes.
-snip, god damn it 3 o'clock-
[QUOTE=Hypershadsy;21727437]I did. You mad because I have an opinion?[/QUOTE]
your opinion doesn't even relate to the thread. if you would of read the article you would know that we are working on decreasing the amount of weapons.
[QUOTE=Hypershadsy;21727437]-snip, god damn it 3 o'clock-[/QUOTE]
No, you didn't. They're decreasing nukes. Not making more. Read the fucking thread.
[QUOTE=Hypershadsy;21727437]I did. You mad because I have an opinion?[/QUOTE]
No, he based his assumption off of that you had no basis for your statement, at least in regards of what the article is telling us.
Read the fucking article/thread before posting please.
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[QUOTE=Hypershadsy;21727437]-snip, god damn it 3 o'clock-[/QUOTE]
You in Iceland or the middle of the Atlantic?
Ok. Point. TAKEN.
[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;21726289]Wait, is the thread title implying that all Americans are rednecks?
Goddamn, Gmod_Fan77. You continue to outdo yourself.[/QUOTE]
Oh god Canadians dodged a bullet
Nukes actually saved the world from World War 3.
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