As the Cold War subsided the world’s leading nations realized the danger and senselessness of nuclear weapons.
As a result, we entered into a new era of non-proliferation. Treaties were signed, nuclear stockpiles were drawn down, and the world became a safer place.
Well, I regret to inform you that those days are over.
They have been for a while.
Multiple treaties between the United States and Russia — the two captains of the Cold War era arms race — have been abandoned.
Nuclear tests have been resumed. New advances in rocket and missile technologies have been made. And more countries have launched or expanded their nuclear programs.
None more so than China.
China now has at least 600 nuclear warheads and is adding 100 more per year. It will have 1,000 by 2030 (if not sooner) and 1,500 by 2035.
By comparison the United States has 3,750 nuclear warheads and Russia (the world leader) has more than 5,000.
Of course, China isn’t the only country adding to its nuclear stockpile — or attempting to start one.
Just last month the United States bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities after Israeli intelligence suggested they were just weeks away from developing their first nuclear bomb.
However, it’s not exactly clear how effective those strikes were. They certainly kneecapped Iran’s nuclear program but it’s not very likely they obliterated it as President Trump insists.
Indeed, Iran still has uranium mining capabilities and nuclear power and research reactors, as well as whatever material or technology it could salvage from its bombed-out nuclear sites.
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It also still holds some if not all of its roughly 8,000 kilograms of enriched uranium — including at least 400 kilograms of weapons-grade uranium, which would be enough for 10 nuclear warheads.
Iran has also suspended cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Administration (IAEA) and pledged to continue enriching uranium in the wake of the attack.
Meanwhile, North Korea — another rogue state — already has 50 nuclear warheads and continues to work to develop long-range delivery systems. That work has come along grudgingly, but it’s also getting a boost from Russia, with whom it’s expanded military ties.
The two countries entered into a mutual defense partnership that now has North Korean troops fighting in Ukraine in exchange for missile, satellite, and nuclear technology and support.
Speaking of Ukraine, Russia’s invasion — and President Trump’s contempt for NATO — has Europe scrambling to revise its own nuclear posture. That was highlighted last week by a nuclear cooperation pact between the United Kingdom and France.
Additionally, while the very concept of mutually assured destruction exemplifies the futility of nuclear war, Ukraine stands out as a rare example of why nuclear weapons are so coveted.
The country famously relinquished its nuclear arsenal — 1,900 warheads — in exchange for security assurances as part of the Budapest Memorandum of 1994. And it’s difficult to imagine that Vladimir Putin would have invaded the country if it still had them.
That lesson hasn’t been lost by other nuclear aspirants like South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt. All of those countries have long, bloody histories, and they all exist in volatile regions of the world.
Regions where countries like Israel, India, and Pakistan round out the world’s nine nuclear-armed countries.
This is why America needs the Golden Dome.
After decades spent clawing our way back from the brink of nuclear annihilation, the world is now racing back toward the edge of the cliff.
Nuclear weapons are no longer considered an evil, destructive, counterproductive blight, but rather an indispensable tool of national security and threat deterrence.
Worse, advances in missile technology — hypersonic rocket engines, atmospheric glide vehicles, and even space-based launchers — have made nuclear threats more menacing than ever.
In short, nuclear missiles have not only gotten more prolific — but more difficult to detect and intercept.
So if you think the Golden Dome runs the risk of becoming another costly Star Wars-style boondoggle think again.
It’s actually very much needed to keep pace with 21st-century threats.
And if you want to find out more about it — and the companies that have been tasked with building it — you can find my latest report here.
It has all the information you need.
Fight on,
Jason Simpkins
Simpkins is the founder and editor of Secret Stock Files, an investment service that focuses on companies with assets — tangible resources and products that can hold and appreciate in value. He covers mining companies, energy companies, defense contractors, dividend payers, commodities, staples, legacies and more…
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