Campaigns

Nuclear Bombplex 2030

In its 2002 Nuclear Posture Review, the Bush administration laid out a clear plan to expand the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal with new, so-called “useable” nuclear weapons, and outlined the possibility of using these weapons in a nuclear preemptive strike. However, Congress defeated the administration’s initial attempts to fund new weapons such as the nuclear bunker buster and the Advanced Concepts program. Having learned from their defeat, the administration came back with a revised strategy, arguing that our current stockpile of nuclear weapons is “unreliable” and needs to be updated.

Nuclear Bombplex 2030 (which the Department of Energy simply calls "Complex 2030") is at the heart of the Bush administration’s new proposal---a huge state-of-the-art nuclear weapons bomb factory that could crank out hundreds of new warheads a year. It is a complete overhaul of the U.S. nuclear weapons complex—in the wrong direction. Instead of reducing our current stockpile, Nuclear Bombplex 2030 would allow the construction of an entirely "new and improved" one.

Click here for Peace Action's talking points on Nuclear Bombplex 2030.

New Nuclear Weapons / Reliable Replacement Warhead

The so-called Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) is the Bush Administration's latest attempt to build new nuclear weapons. This multi-billion dollar program is being billed by the Department of Energy as a way to preserve the U.S. nuclear stockpile through the 21st Century. The need fror a program of this type is simply not there, as a recent JASONs study certifies that the current U.S. nuclear stockpile will be reliable for at least another 50 years. Critics charge that RRW is just a way to keep nuclear scientists employed while the United States ignores its obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to disarm.

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			Campaigns Nuclear Bombplex 2030 In its 2002 Nuclear Posture Review, the Bush administration laid out a clear plan to expand the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal with new, so-called “useable” nuclear weapons, and outlined the possibility of using these weapons in a nuclear preemptive strike. However, Congress defeated the administration’s initial attempts to fund new weapons such as the nuclear bunker buster and the Advanced Concepts program. Having learned from their defeat, the administration came back with a revised strategy, arguing that our current stockpile of nuclear weapons is “unreliable” and needs to be updated. Nuclear Bombplex 2030 (which the Department of Energy simply calls "Complex 2030") is at the heart of the Bush administration’s new proposal---a huge state-of-the-art nuclear weapons bomb factory that could crank out hundreds of new warheads a year. It is a complete overhaul of the U.S. nuclear weapons complex—in the wrong direction. Instead of reducing our current stockpile, Nuclear Bombplex 2030 would allow the construction of an entirely "new and improved" one. Click here for Peace Action's talking points on Nuclear Bombplex 2030. New Nuclear Weapons / Reliable Replacement Warhead The so-called Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) is the Bush Administration's latest attempt to build new nuclear weapons. This multi-billion dollar program is being billed by the Department of Energy as a way to preserve the U.S. nuclear stockpile through the 21st Century. The need fror a program of this type is simply not there, as a recent JASONs study certifies that the current U.S. nuclear stockpile will be reliable for at least another 50 years. Critics charge that RRW is just a way to keep nuclear scientists employed while the United States ignores its obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to disarm. This page is currently under construction.