Obummer lets the world know, what the US nuclear arsenal has!
The first President ever.
To let the world know, what the US nuclear arsenal, actually has!
US says it has 5,113 nuclear warheads
By ANNE GEARAN, AP National Security Writer Anne Gearan, Ap National Security Writer Mon May 3, 5:34 pm ET
WASHINGTON – The United States has 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile and "several thousand" more retired warheads awaiting the junkpile, the Pentagon said Monday in an unprecedented accounting of a secretive arsenal born in the Cold War and now shrinking rapidly.
The Obama administration disclosed the size of its atomic stockpile going back to 1962 as part of a campaign to get other nuclear nations to be more forthcoming, and to improve its bargaining position against the prospect of a nuclear Iran.
"We think it is in our national security interest to be as transparent as we can be about the nuclear program of the United States," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters at the United Nations, where she addressed a conference on containing the spread of atomic weapons.
The U.S. has previously regarded such details as top secret.
The figure includes both "strategic," or long-range weapons, and those intended for use at shorter range.
The Pentagon said the stockpile of 5,113 as of September 2009 represents a 75 percent reduction since 1989.
A rough count of deployed and reserve warheads has been known for years, so the Pentagon figures do not tell nuclear experts much they don't already know.
Hans Kristensen, director of Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists in Washington, said his organization had already put the number at around 5,100 by reviewing budget estimates and other documents.
The import of the announcement is the precedent it sets, Kristensen said.
"The important part is that the U.S. is no longer going to keep other countries in the dark," he said.
Clinton said the disclosure of numbers the general public has never seen "builds confidence" that the Obama administration is serious about stopping the spread of atomic weapons and reducing their numbers.
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Boy, that's a surprise. Who in the World ever thought that the U.S. had Nuclear weapons? I suppose next, someone will find out the former Soviet Union has them also. Then China, India, Pakistan, the UK, France, and Israel.
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I guess THIS is the "transparency" that the danged kenyan clown was crowing about when still campaigning - the fools has no idea about 'nuclear deplomacy'. You NEVER let the 'other guy' know whats in your hand......
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Remember this in November, and again in 2012. Obama needs to be turned into a politically neutered tiger before he wrecks our nation. It's time to get up and get politically active.
That's about 10x more than is needed to wipe the world out, so I don't see the big deal with everyone else knowing we can obliterate everyone. Not to say it should have been done, but now that it is, I'm not worried about it.
Sooooo let me see here, I guess the best way to win a poker game,, using this logic of course , I should show the other players my hand? Man I guess Ive been wrong all these years.
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This is Interesting...back when Obama met with Putin it was anounced we had over 15,000 nucular warheads.
Does'nt anyone else remember this figure ??? I know thats not missles though but I do agree information like this should be kept secret.
Sooooo let me see here, I guess the best way to win a poker game,, using this logic of course , I should show the other players my hand? Man I guess Ive been wrong all these years.
50,000 nukes won't kill us anymore than 5,000 will kill everyone else. Dead is dead. After everyone is dead, nothing else matters. 1,000 nukes would thoroughly obliterate the world, so anything after that doesn't really matter.'
And for the record, I highly doubt that's everything we have. Regardless of who's in charge, no government ever tells the truth 100%.
This guy thinks by looking like mr nice guy to world leaders , he can soften them up. He better go back to grade school, and study history. These leaders are not going to throw him hugs and kisses,without him giving up the candy store. Stupid to barter defense tools, he's making a big mistake.I'll bet Putin didn't give away the store, he's not going to weaken himself in anyway, bet you that.
anybody else catch that word??? "transparent" i thought it was meant to be used to be transparent to the American people, not to let everybody know what exactly we are capable of...
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50,000 nukes won't kill us anymore than 5,000 will kill everyone else. Dead is dead. After everyone is dead, nothing else matters. 1,000 nukes would thoroughly obliterate the world, so anything after that doesn't really matter.'
And for the record, I highly doubt that's everything we have. Regardless of who's in charge, no government ever tells the truth 100%.
I would have to agree there. I am positive that the president doesnt know everything. There are things and secrets that stretch FAR beyond 4 or 8 years.
"The Pentagon said the stockpile of 5,113 as of September 2009 represents a 75 percent reduction since 1989."
If we had them once we can have them again XD
In all seriousness, though, 5000 nukes is WAY more than we need...
Remember that it only took 2 to end one of the largest conflicts the world has ever seen. And those were TINY compared to what we have now!
Not to mention it costs a lot of money for upkeep and storage for those nukes...you can't leave them home alone.
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