Trump orders immediate resumption of US nuclear weapons testing

I think he got confused with the terminology - Putin said he tested nuclear-powered Burevestnik, but that's not the same as testing nuclear weapons.

Technically it is a nuclear weapon. It uses radioactive material in some non-trivial capacity.

I think "technically" is doing a lot of heavy lifting when the nuclear component is an engine. It's like classic geek ratholing.

if a nuclear submarine launches a tomahawk with a non-nuclear warhead is the entire weapons system "a nuclear weapon" in your eyes? Is that a breach of the arms treaties, and breaches "no first strike" posture and invites second strike response with nuclear warheads?

I wasn't arguing about semantics. Trump is an idiot but the people who work for him are not as idiotic so they saw the latest propaganda from Russia & decided that the new policy would be the proper response.

> Trump is an idiot but the people who work for him are not as idiotic

Apparently you haven't noticed that Tramp has been purging anyone loyal to the United States as a country and installing subservient apparatchiks in their place. This is not a dynamic which selects for intelligence, competence, or subject matter focus.

I don't think the nuclear physicists & engineers building the bombs are any less competent so I don't know what point you're making. In fact, the people doing the actual work are still the same people as they were when Biden was president.

You were talking about policy, not the people designing and building bombs.

I didn't specify whether it was policy or implementation or both. The government isn't a monolithic structure w/ everyone being equally stupid or intelligent. In the case of nuclear warheads I'm certain the people who have to do the actual work are not idiots even if the policymakers are idiots.

> decided that the new policy would be the proper response.

How were you talking about anyone but policymakers?

> people who work for him

Does not mean only policymakers. In any case, I'm not concerned about this issue so good luck to you.

They do when we're talking about policies being made? I'm not super invested in this either, I just don't understand why we're going around in circles here.

Assume less & you'll be less confused in general.

I shouldn't have assumed you meant all of the words you said, or what?

You can do whatever you want but my recommendation is to assume less & ask for clarifications instead of digging yourself into a bigger hole.

I asked for clarification on the 3rd and 4th reply, when it was clear we were going around in circles. Here's another request for clarification - it seems like you are recommending that I shouldn't assume you mean the words you say?

Also if you'd like to elaborate on this "big hole", please do. I'm only seeing one kind of hole here.

You should probably get your vision checked then. Eyesight & cognition tend to deteriorate w/ age.

From your profile:

> Address the substance of my arguments