Yes and that's not wishful thinking on my part Shit will keep on decaying for as long as there's a shekel to squeeze out of it, that's the sad part, it will keep on dragging and dying like a freaking zombie. It's going to be a long agony... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_States >>Current stockpile 3,800 (2019) (excludes retired and awaiting dismantlement)[3] >>Current strategic arsenal 1,750 deployed strategic nuclear warheads (2019)[3] ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYD6ouVHXbo Now, one could argue that the US will meet a similar fate as the late soviet union, which collapsed rather quickly toward the end However, there are major differences between the two The soviet union mostly relayed on fossil fuel exports economically; prolonged price collapse has been a major blow to the USSR, combined to cost of war (afghanistan) and overall expenses of the state (the state was involved everywhere, even in keychain factories), it's been a fatal blow, if not the fatal blow The rest of the world didn't rely on it for a lot of shit, starting with trade, reserve currency, "world police" etc. Granted, those positions are eroding The soviet union was a mostly oppressive system; people weren't exactly willing to start it all over again when it collapsed ... But eh, what do I know? While both are in a very different situation, maybe they'll meet the same fate ultimately. What's for sure is that I don't have a crystal ball