The United States would be more secure without new intercontinental ballistic missiles - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The United States would be more secure without new intercontinental ballistic missiles - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: There are strong arguments to be made against building new US intercontinental ballistic missiles, on the basis of their cost, their vulnerability, and the contribution of their launch-on-warning posture to the danger of accidental nuclear war. This piece lays out those arguments and points out that, if Congress is unable to make a decision on eliminating US ICBMs in the next few years, the life of existing Minuteman III missiles could be extended to 2060 at a much lower cost than the new ICBM.