I'm not sure what wise national defense policy would be. But I can't argue with anyone who might reach that conclusion.

If they don’t understand math and risk, they should. The US nearly nuked itself multiple times during development and learning. It will happen when everyone else races to build them.

That was when the research wasn't stable.

Any nuclear scientist today knows WAY more about the do's and don'ts of creating nukes than we did when muddling through the Manhattan project. Making basic uranium nukes is time consuming, but nothing too special.

The hard part (by far) is making the missiles to launch those nukes and hit the target. That part is so hard that we've continually failed to replace the Minuteman III which was designed before we even landed on the moon.

I will trust humanity on this view.

Yes, I hear nukes are dangerous.