Support Nuclear Disarmament By Stopping a New Generation of Nuclear Weapons

The Bush administration and the Department of Energy are asking Congress to fund a new generation of nuclear weapons, the so-called “Reliable Replacement Warhead.” Under the guise of concern about the reliability of our aging stockpile, the Bush administration is pushing for more than $40 million for the Reliable Replacement Warhead. Yet, this reasoning conveniently ignores independent scientists and the Secretaries of Energy and Defense, who have all consistently certified that our nuclear stockpile is in good shape. Additionally, an extra $53.6 million could be used to “develop the processes and equipment to manufacture the RRW pit.” A plutonium pit is the “trigger” of a nuclear weapon.

The US needs a new nuclear weapons policy, not new nuclear weapons. To ask your member of Congress to cut funding for this dangerous program, visit here:

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