No $ for New Nuclear Weapons or Testing

No $ for New Nuclear Weapons or Testing: You’ve already seen the incendiary tweets and off-the-cuff statements which incite dangerous reactions from North Korea, strain U.S. relationships with allies, and push us closer to the brink of conflict and a new nuclear arms race. Compounding inflammatory rhetoric from the President, momentum is growing to urge Trump to hit the accelerator on new warheads and the underground explosions to test them.





The United States detonated 1,032 nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, under the ocean, and underground between 1945 and 1992 that devastated our communities and environment. The photo shown here was taken in 1970, when the Baneberry underground nuclear test vented radiation in a cloud that was tracked from the Nevada test site across multiple states. Radiation exposure has been associated with most forms of leukemia, as well as cancer of the thyroid, lung and breast.





Though the U.S. has not conducted a full-scale underground nuclear test in 25 years, resurgent nuclear threats are gaining intensity in the Trump administration. While the Trump administration is supposed to complete a strategic review on nuclear arms due by the end of the year, they are already signing contracts. At the end of August, the Air Force announced(http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1285948/air-force-awards-two-contracts-for-a-new-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-wea/)major new contracts for an overhaul of the American nuclear force.





Public pressure from ordinary Americans, especially savvy and outspoken women like you, was essential in halting explosive U.S. nuclear testing in the atmosphere and underground 25 years ago. We must act now to halt funding for a new arms race.





Join us as we urge White House Budget Office Director, Mick Mulvaney, and the Armed Services and Appropriations Committees of the US Congress not to fund programs that may lead to resumption of nuclear test explosions or new nuclear weapons.