US to spend $85bn on nuclear complex

Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:32PM

A US Titan nuclear missile (file photo)The US plans to allocate more than $85 billion during the next decade to modernize its nuclear weapons complex, according to the White House.

Under the George W. Bush administration, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), tasked with ensuring the safety and reliability of the US nuclear weapons stockpile, lost 20 percent of its purchasing power, UPI reported.

The NNSA said it is committed to modernizing the country's nuclear weapons and that it has the backing of the White House.

US president Barack Obama has called for $7 billion to be made available to fund the NNSA by 2011, which would represent close to a 10 percent increase from 2010.

In addition to the funding Obama is seeking, the NNSA would be funded with another $600 million in 2012.

The White House said $85 billion is to be made available to the NNSA in the coming decade, which would enable the agency to comprehensively update the country's nuclear arsenal.

Earlier this year, US lawmakers, made a proposal to allocate $80.9 billion to the NNSA. The White House plan calls $4.1 billion more than the proposal of Congress.

"This level of funding is unprecedented since the end of the Cold War," the White House said in a statement.


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FROM THE TORONTO STAR

The 'Israelification' of airports: High security, little bother

While North America's airports groan under the weight of another sea-change in security protocols, one word keeps popping out of the mouths of experts: Israelification.

That is, how can we make our airports more like Israel's, which deal with far greater terror threat with far less inconvenience.

"It is mindboggling for us Israelis to look at what happens in North America, because we went through this 50 years ago," said Rafi Sela, the president of AR Challenges, a global transportation security consultancy. He's worked with the RCMP, the U.S. Navy Seals and airports around the world.

"Israelis, unlike Canadians and Americans, don't take s--- from anybody. When the security agency in Israel (the ISA) started to tighten security and we had to wait in line for — not for hours — but 30 or 40 minutes, all hell broke loose here. We said, 'We're not going to do this. You're going to find a way that will take care of security without touching the efficiency of the airport."

That, in a nutshell is "Israelification" - a system that protects life and limb without annoying you to death.

Despite facing dozens of potential threats each day, the security set-up at Israel's largest hub, Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, has not been breached since 2002, when a passenger mistakenly carried a handgun onto a flight. How do they manage that?

"The first thing you do is to look at who is coming into your airport," said Sela.

The first layer of actual security that greets travellers at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport is a roadside check.

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Fadsmashers Disclaimer:

When I criticize Israel and the blatant disproportionate "Jewish" influence in society it is not meant to be fuel for selfish assholes who simply want to be them, it is not meant for insecure hoarders who simply envy their position of power, everything I post is toward the end of justice, and peace, not bigotry or hate or violence. Yet I get driven to insanity by both sides, because generally speaking the left is fundamentally moral but in many aspects WRONG, and the right is fundamentally immoral but in many other aspects they are RIGHT. The ZioNtists realize that the western psyche is so warped that they will simply never fucking get past the bullshit, you on the right SNAP OUT OF IT, YOUR GONNA DIE SOMEDAY AND THERES NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. You on the left SNAP OUT OF IT YOUR GONNA HAVE TO LIVE SOMEDAY AND THERES NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. When I came across this I thought it was a joke, it doesn't appear to be, this is only what they teach the lesser mind manipulators, imagine what the round table really thinks. Pardon that rant, but every time I say the word Jew I get another confused human been adding me, and an equally confused one removing me...