No one should be tampering with the USA's nuclear weapon arsenal. I don't want it modernized. I want them to work as a deterrent until the Non-Proliferation Treaty is satisfied by every country currently engaged in nuclear weapons.
One of the statements by Trump outside his demands for more nukes is a statement about Russia. As President, Donald Trump is stated to increase the amounts of nuclear weapons, as Russia consented to be an arms race again. It was said in the same breath. The USA nukes is a Russian issue. It adds more to the issues regarding Russia involved in the elections. Increasing the number of USA nukes would break the treaties the USA is currently involved.
I am somewhat troubled by the idea of MODERNIZATION. What is the definition of MODERNIZATION? The USA needs to protect their nukes from MODERNIZATION.
Modernization opens up the topic of computerizing the nuclear triad and opening it up to vulnerability.
I do believe Trump and Putin had a conversation about nuclear capacity. The Strong Man would increase the nuclear capacity of the USA and in the name of modernization would computerize it. That would break every treaty and open the nuclear weapons to hacking or otherwise and destroy the capacity of the USA to carry out a nuclear defense. Millions upon millions of Americans would be dead with the USA computerized system made helpless.
To allow tampering with the USA Triad would make the USA highly vulnerable and opens up attacks on allies as well. Is the UK and France ready to defend themselves and the USA with the idea sabotage of the USA can occur from inside the government?
I think we have real problems and Congress is doing nothing.
Quite frankly, I am waiting for Trump to announce we are no different than Turkey and enter into an autocratic dictatorship backed by Congress.