I strongly feel that any efforts that result in a streamlining, modernization, and increased security of our nations nuclear weapons production facilities should be very strongly considered in the interest of U.S. national security and also that of entire human race and the other animals we share the planet with.

A strong nuclear deterrent has allowed the entire planet to avoid another horribly costly and tragic world war. The reliability of the several thousand nuclear weapons deployed and in storage within the U.S. combined with a roughly equal amount possessed by the Russian Federation has made global freedom from another world war much more secure and robust. The consequences of all out nuclear war and even limited nuclear are to horrific to consider by advanced and highly organized governments and militaries and thus, deterrence has had its benefits.

I have never served in the armed forces, but my deceased father has as a nuclear engineering duty officer under the leadership of the late Admiral Rickover, and thus, I have an appreciation for the rigors and discipline maintained in the personnel involved in the activities of nuclear deterrence, both within the U.S., the former U.S.S.R., and now the Russian Federation.

Because we live in an imperfect world where humans our endowed with free will to a radical degree, I will assume that deterrence will always be necessary. It has been somewhat of an unofficial motto, at least, within the hearts and minds of those politicians who shape and support our ability to deter aggression, the enlisted men and officers who staff our nuclear weapons delivery infrastructure, and the like, that "The Price of Peace is Eternal Vigilance". Thus I support programs to modernize our nuclear weapons such as the Stockpile Stewardship Program and the like.