From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org):
Last Friday, the Trump administration released its new “Nuclear Posture Review” outlining its plans for radical, dangerous, and costly changes in US nuclear weapons policy that will make nuclear war more likely and the United States—and the entire world—less safe.
This truly is an all-hands-on-deck moment. Urge your members of Congress to help stop this potential disaster.
What are they planning? Two new types of nuclear weapons on top of the seven we already have. These weapons will make it easier for the United States to use nuclear weapons, and expand the circumstances under which we would use nuclear weapons first—a rejection of decades of bipartisan efforts to reduce the role and number of US nuclear weapons. The administration wants to spend some $1.7 trillion—that’s trillion—over the next 30 years to re-build the entire US nuclear arsenal. Throw in an intemperate, bellicose president with sole, unchecked authority over US nuclear weapons, and you have a recipe for disaster.
Over the years, we’ve defeated similarly dangerous proposals. With your help, we’ll do it again.
Write to your members of Congress today and urge them to just say no to the Trump administration’s new nuclear weapons policies. Ask them to speak out publicly and to actively oppose plans and spending for new nuclear weapons.
Nothing is more important than our safety and security. Nuclear weapons don’t make us safe, and we must do everything we can to prevent nuclear war.
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