Nuclear destruction remains the most significant, alarming issue of our time.
The Kirsch Foundation believes strongly in nonproliferation, as a first step, and ultimately, total disarmament. Research might continue, but at this point all proposed systems are unproven. And the cost to design and implement NMD is estimated in the one hundred billion dollar range, which raises a real question about long-term U.S. budget priorities. The U.S. military has made it clear that the costs to develop and deploy NMD would be additional, not replacement, expenditures within the military budget. The security costs incurred by deploying this defense far outweigh any likely security benefits.