Reliable Replacement Warhead

By Matthew Yglesias
Sounds like a good idea, right? After all, it's got "reliable" right there in the name and who doesn't like reliability? The only problem is that developing a new nuclear weapon is incredibly counterproductive to all our important non-proliferation goals. Naturally, as Brian Beutler explains, the Bush administration just can't quit the idea.

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