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Reliable and Responsive ScienceFinding a Better Way to Provide a Deterrent
"Years ago, former Lab director Norris Bradbury expressed the need for us to find a better way to provide a deterrent and security for our nation. Complex Transformation is a realization of a life-long goal for me: we become the protectors of our security!
"I believe there now exists a means to protect our national security while lessening the cost of nuclear deterrence, and the Laboratory sits at the heart of that means. It's the idea of a capability-based deterrent. "NNSA Administrator Tom D'Agostino said in 2007 that, 'Because our nuclear weapons stockpile is decreasing, the United States' future deterrent cannot be based on the old Cold War model of the number of weapons. Rather, it must be based on the capability to respond to any national security situation, and make weapons only if necessary.' "The NNSA preferred alternative is based on this idea—and because of this, I believe it is a progressive, realistic, forward-looking proposal deserving of support." Joe Martz, from his Community Leaders breakfast talk, 2/28/08 |
Looking Towards the FutureSafer with LessOverall, Complex Transformation will allow the United States to continue reducing the existing nuclear stockpile to less than 50% of its 2001 level, making it the smallest stockpile since 1950s. LANL's unique combination of capabilities and collaborative environment, supported by the world's top scientific minds, will allow it to
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