Is The U.S. Wasting Billions On Nuclear Bombs?

A B61-12 model at the Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tennessee. Photograph: National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Site Office

Julian Borger, The Guardian: US wasting billions on nuclear bombs that serve no purpose and are security liability – experts

* Washington to spend billions upgrading cold-war-era B61 bombs
* NTI report says weapons are potentially catastrophic liability

The US is to spend billions of dollars upgrading 150 nuclear bombs positioned in Europe, although the weapons may be useless as a deterrent and a potentially catastrophic security liability, according to a new report by arms experts.

A third of the B61 bombs in Europe under joint US and Nato control are thought to be kept at Incirlik base in Turkey, 70 miles from the Syrian border, which has been the subject of serious concerns.

The threat to the base posed by Islamic State militants was considered serious enough in March 2016 to evacuate the families of military officers.

During a coup attempt four months later, Turkish authorities locked down the base and cut its electricity. The Turkish commanding officer at Incirlik was arrested for his alleged role in the plot.

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WNU Editor:  It is articles like this one .... after I have read them .... that I always wonder on how much money has been spent worldwide and throughout history in researching, developing, manufacturing, and maintaining the world's stockpiles of nuclear weapons .... including developing the means to deliver these weapons. How many trillions have been spent .... one can only wonder.