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IrishBubbaLiberal

(2,561 posts) Fri Mar 7, 2025, 11:41 AM Mar 2025

WIRED: Trump's Pentagon to SLASH Programs that Secure Loose Nukes, Cut 75% workers

https://www.wired.com/story/pentagon-cuts-nukes-chemical-weapons-wmd/

Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons

US agencies responsible for preventing the global proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and building security capacity around the world are facing deep cuts, perhaps total abolition, as the Trump administration continues its assault on any and all spending going overseas.

According to a draft working paper provided to WIRED, the Department of Defense is asking all its agencies and services that conduct “security cooperation” programs to consider the impact if the Pentagon were to “realign” its funding. The authors of the paper warn that the cuts could hobble the fight against organized crime in South America, impair the battle against the Islamic State, increase the likelihood of a rogue state producing and using chemical weapons, and defund pandemic surveillance measures.

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WIRED: Trump's Pentagon to SLASH Programs that Secure Loose Nukes, Cut 75% workers (Original Post) IrishBubbaLiberal Mar 2025 OP

Is what they're doing a bad thing??? surfered Mar 2025 #1

Trump's Climate Change Policy...Nuclear Apocalypse COMING UP IrishBubbaLiberal Mar 2025 #2

" Its just a few nukes whats the worst that could happen" IrishBubbaLiberal Mar 2025 #3

Trump and Musk seem hell bent on causing serious catastrophes. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #4

The US has lost 3 nucelar weapons already Johnny2X2X Mar 2025 #5

surfered

(14,287 posts)

1. Is what they're doing a bad thing???

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Fri Mar 7, 2025, 11:42 AM

Mar 2025

IrishBubbaLiberal

(2,561 posts)

2. Trump's Climate Change Policy...Nuclear Apocalypse COMING UP

Reply to surfered (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 7, 2025, 11:48 AM

Mar 2025

‪@goldensama.bsky.social‬
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This is just Trump’s climate change policy. Can’t worry about climate change if we all die in a nuclear apocalypse.

IrishBubbaLiberal

(2,561 posts)

3. " Its just a few nukes whats the worst that could happen"

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Fri Mar 7, 2025, 11:50 AM

Mar 2025

Its just a few nukes whats the worst that could happen

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Chat, is this bad?

www.wired.com/story/pentag...
— Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) 2025-03-07T14:36:38.843Z

Irish_Dem

(82,344 posts)

4. Trump and Musk seem hell bent on causing serious catastrophes.

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Fri Mar 7, 2025, 12:00 PM

Mar 2025

They want to burn down the world.

Johnny2X2X

(24,435 posts)

5. The US has lost 3 nucelar weapons already

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Fri Mar 7, 2025, 12:03 PM

Mar 2025

We simply don't know where 3 of our weapons are and haven't for decades. Lost in 3 separate incidences.

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