An interesting article on efforts to keep the B61 nuclear weapons stockpile up and running:

The B61 bomb: A case study in costs and needs

And here’s the line that will fill you with optimism:

“We bought three or four on eBay,”

Nukes are not really “wooden rounds.” You cannot build a nuke, pack it in  a box, leave it in a dry cool place for a decade and expect it to function; they need constant attention and scheduled maintenance. And to do it right, they need an infrastructure that knows what it’s doing. By chopping away at the nuclear bomb-building base, you end up losing the experience needed to simply maintain what you already have, never mind build new stuff.