Before there were nuclear weapons there was total war with battles that killed tens of thousands in single day. There haven't been wars like that since 1945 because for the first time in human history leaders of countries face annihilation themselves. Whoever pushes the button can be assured that it will be the last button that he ever pushes.

It was the capacity for massive overkill and the certainty of complete annihilation that has prevented wars between major powers. For years Mutual Assured Destruction was condemned by the supposed “intelligentsia” thereby displaying either extraordinary stupidity or an insane desire to return to the “good ol' days” when battlefield body counts sounded like ballpark attendance figures.

If you long for desperate battles between massive armies with entire cities being bombed into dust then by all means get rid of nuclear weapons.

As long as it's not raining.

Besides the incredibly expensive F-22 with the most expensive per fighter upkeep expenses ever…was a fighter plane. We already have an effective stealth bomber.

And we already have some F-22s…just not the last order.

Its horizontal range allows the S-300PMU-1 to attack targets as close in as 3 miles to as far out as 95 miles. In addition, the missile system is capable of destroying incoming intermediate-range ballistic missiles up to 25 miles out.

The SA-20/S-300 does all this while attacking six targets simultaneously, with two missile launchers each firing at a rate of one missile every 3 to 5 seconds. The system is totally mobile and can be networked into an air battle management system to provide even more lethal coverage and to ensure that the weapon is much more protected.

Hawley, a former Marine fighter and test pilot with more than 3,000 flight hours and 438 combat missions flown over Vietnam, said the prospects for any conventional strike aircraft that is non-stealth would be very grim when faced with the SA-20.

And guess what. President Obama has had his Defense Department cancel the F-22 raptor stealth fighter. The F-22 Raptor, developed by Lockheed Martin at Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the stealth replacement for the F-15 Eagle air-superiority fighter and is now in production.

This aircraft combines stealth design with the supersonic, highly maneuverable, dual-engine, long-range requirements of an air-to-air fighter and will have an inherent air-to-ground capability. The F-22’s integrated avionics gives it first-look, first-shot, first-kill capability that will guarantee U.S. air dominance for the next 40 years.

Air dominance is mandatory for future success. Since World War II, air dominance has carried the day in all conflicts. When air dominance has not been absolute, as in the Vietnam War, the result has been extensive loss of aircraft and loss of strategic advantage.

Air dominance minimizes U.S. casualties and losses. Air dominance, provided by the F-22, guarantees freedom of maneuverability for ground, air and naval forces. It protects militarily important infrastructures, such as command and control facilities, power grids and factories, while increasing the efficiency of other military operations

Has hussein shut down the cruise missile production lines, and M1A2 upgrade lines yet? Like wild bill, I bet he does if he hasn't already.

Hussein is by far the 'best' President our mortal enemies ever had.

If we want this nation to remain indefeasible in battle, we must be willing to spend on military goods — not just on the salaries of non-uniformed bureaucrats who infest the corridors of the Pentagon. That includes nuclear weapons, which defend not just America but its allies against larger, more numerous, and utterly amoral foes. On the other hand, if we don't care whether the world goes to Hell in a handbasket, and possibly takes us along for the ride, well…just keep going as we're going.

What this guys calls “Reliable Replacement Warhead program” was the Bush Administration's attempts to develop newer smaller nukes, so we could use them like they do in Starship Troopers. This of course was against all the proliferation treaties we had with Russia….and in general a very bad idea.

Then Matt tries to make the point that our current missiles are aging from 9 months of complete neglect by Obama. He cites an article on how the YEARLY upgrade program is behind atm.

“The refurbishment program is aimed at replacing thousands of parts that have aged since the bombs left the factory 20 and 30 years ago.

The $200-million-a-year program is a cornerstone of America's nuclear deterrent strategy, and the Energy Department has been under growing pressure from the military and Congress to meet tough deadlines to get the weapons ready.”

So a program to upgrade them is already in place and has been working diligently for years. Sorry Matt…your a hack.