The future of the Nuclear Arms Race

A plant in Kansas City embodies the dilemma. It was built in World War II to produce aircraft engines and went nuclear in 1949, making the mechanical and electrical parts for warheads.Its replacement, eight miles south, sits on higher ground. Its five buildings hold 2,700 employees — just like the old plant .The administration  plans for 12 new missile submarines, up to 100 new bombers and 400 land-based missiles, either new or refurbished. Manufacturing costs for these forces,the total cost of the nuclear enterprise over the next three decades at roughly  $1.1 trillion. will peak between 2024 and 2029, according to a recent study by Dr. Lewis and colleagues at the Monterey Institute.It estimated the total cost of the nuclear enterprise over the next three decades at roughly $900 billion to $1.1 trillion. Policy makers, the report said, “are only now beginning to appreciate the full scope of these procurement costs.”New Times Times

Una planta en Kansas City encarna el dilema. Fue construido en la Segunda Guerra Mundial para producir motores de avión y se fue nuclear en 1949, por lo que las partes mecánicas y eléctricas para el reemplazo warheads.Its, ocho millas al sur, se encuentra en un terreno más alto. Sus cinco edificios tienen 2.700 empleados - al igual que la antigua administración