House panel boosts Bush plan to build new nuclear warheads

[G2099]

Many arms control experts say idea is huge waste of money

A congressional committee took major steps this week toward financing the Bush administration's controversial program to build new generations of nuclear warheads, roughly doubling the budget for the design of the new weapons while reducing the money for maintaining the old stockpile.

The House Energy and Water Subcommittee passed on Wednesday a budget that increases funding for what is known as the Reliable Replacement Warhead program, or RRW, from the roughly $25 million the White House requested to $52.7 million.

That is a relatively modest amount of money for a program that could end up costing more than $100 billion over the next several decades.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/20/MNGUIIV7AJ1.DTL

[rodeodance]

1. more nukes!!

[The_Warmth]

2. Waste

$50 Million to build more of what we don't need. Think of where that money is actually needed. Is something backwards here?