What do you think about the current status of our nuclear arsenal?
We haven't tested a nuke since, what, 1992?...almost 30 years ago. I don't know that the device types were officially released for that final test, but even if you assume we developed and tested a bomb in a couple years (which I don't think is reasonable--we were likely testing 1970s technology), we are looking at our nuclear arsenal comprising 30 year old technology at best. I know that they have upgraded, but they've never run a full test. It is like developing a new rifle for the army, and never firing it...you just test the trigger mechanism, the barrell tolerance, etc., but you never actually fire the rifle...you just hand them out to soldiers and hope for the best. Execpt it is worse, because a nuclear weapon is far more complex than a rifle. Any new weapons designs have not been tested. So, the question: Isn't it time to negotiate a pause in the test ban treaty with Russia, and run a few tests (and allow them to do so as well)?