Let’s get back from the brink

Thank you for keeping this in the news and your work. A colleague recently shared a "success" story about this meeting of an ad hoc committee of experts at the National Academy of Sciences.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will convene an ad hoc committee of experts to examine whether a risk assessment framework is applicable to determining the potential risks of nuclear terrorism and nuclear war; and to examine assumptions in nuclear policy and doctrine and their implications on national security. During this examination, the committee will undertake the following:

Identify risks associated with nuclear terrorism and nuclear war;

Explore the prior literature relevant to assessing risks of nuclear terrorism and nuclear war;

Assess the role that quantitative and nonquantitative analytical methods can play in estimating such risks, including the limitations of such analysis;

Identify and examine the assumptions about nuclear risks that underlie the national security strategy of the United States; and

Describe the consequences or impacts of the methods and assumptions that have been, are, or could be used in developing the nuclear security strategy of the United States.

The committee will issue an unclassified interim report which may include findings and recommendations regarding the use of analytical methods to assess the risks of nuclear terrorism and nuclear war.

At the conclusion of the study, the committee will issue a final report that expands upon the use of analytical methods to assess the risks of nuclear terrorism and nuclear war and the role such approaches may play in U.S. security strategy. This final report may include findings and recommendations supported by classified information.

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Mr. Marque, unfortunately, the toothpaste is out of the tube, so to speak. Countries have seen the power that nuclear weapons provide and they’ll attempt to obtain or build a nuclear arsenal. Since we know of potentially billions, if not trillions, in wasteful spending by the federal government, $2 trillion is a small price to keep peace through strength. If it’ll make people happy, we’ll just group this amount under infrastructure spending. Or maybe we can take the money/benefits being wasted on non-Americans, and we may be able to call it even.

The US can't disarm in the face of China and Russia's threats. China's greatest risk is they will defeat us economically and politically as they steal our technology and troll democrat taking points that divide our nation.