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SEPTEMBER: Written by the Heritage Foundation, with staffers and supporters of former President Trump, Project 2025 calls for nuclear weapons to become a dramatically larger part of our national defense posture. The writers state that more nuclear weapons would guarantee our freedom and prosperity, unlike President Reagan, who acknowledged this as a myth when he said that nuclear weapons offered only a “war that couldn’t be won and must never be fought.”
Project 2025 calls for the elimination of all nuclear treaties and for the US to restart nuclear testing in Nevada. It also calls for us to expand and modernize our nuclear arsenal and increase funding for more Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles armed with multiple warheads, instead of reducing the number of deployed weapons. Project 2025 calls for us to position more nuclear weapons in Europe and Asia and to focus our deterrence on Russia and China.
Project 2025 states that nuclear weapons should be prioritized over other security programs, and that the National Nuclear Security Administration should transition to a wartime footing. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists warns that this dramatic build up could increase the global nuclear arms race.
ACTION: Let others know of these alarmingly dangerous policies in Project 2025. Write a letter to the editor of your local or regional newspaper, and to your Representatives and Senators.
CONTACT:
- Newspaper Editor: You can submit a letter-to-the-editor electronically from your newspaper’s website. Cut and paste from text above.
- Your Representative and Senators
- Web: Find their names and links to their websites at senate.gov, www.house.gov; send an email or leave a message via ‘Contact’ on his/her website
- Tel: 202 224-3121 (Capitol switchboard-ask for his/her office & leave a message)
- Mail: Senator or Representative (first & last name) S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510
or U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 20515
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