Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear ModernizationBiden Nuclear Posture Review Starting ‘Soon,’ Running Into ‘Fall,’ DOD Official Tells Senators
The Biden administration will start its nuclear posture review soon and work on it into the fall, there’s no new Minuteman III life-extension study at the Pentagon and bad welds […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Secretary Tells Congress She Supports Existing Plan for Nuke Core Production
During a nearly three-hour budget hearing into which nuclear weapons seldom figured, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said Thursday she supports building a two-state complex to produce at least 80 […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUK Warhead Upgrade Will Move With Or Without W93, British Official Says
The United Kingdom will plow ahead with its new submarine-launched warhead no matter what happens this year with the planned W93 in the U.S., and the warhead replacement program has […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHruby Nominated to Civilian Nuclear Weapons Agency
President Joe Biden will nominate Jill Hruby, former director of the Sandia National Laboratories, to lead the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, the White House said Wednesday. Hruby […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNo Nuclear Spending Proposal in White House Skinny Budget; Posture Review Ongoing
The Biden administration said Friday its 2022 federal budget will support ongoing nuclear modernization programs, including infrastructure at the National Nuclear Security Administration, while the White House continues its nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationArms Control, Modernization Consensus Gone, Modernization Architect Says
Last decade’s bipartisan consensus, that arms-control diplomacy and the refurbishment of the nuclear arsenal should walk hand-in-hand, does not exist anymore, according to a former Republican Senator who helped forge […]
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InternationalRussia Added 100-Plus Warheads Under New START in Last Year
Russia has over 100 more strategic nuclear warheads deployed than it had at this time last year, according to the latest data shared by the State Department from the recently […]
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UncategorizedNorthrop Sets GBSD Baseline; Doesn’t Divulge Details
The prime contractor for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrence wrapped up a key review for the program and set a cost and schedule baseline for the Air Force’s next-generation, nuclear-tipped […]
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Nuclear ModernizationTester Says He Will Keep GBSD ‘On Track;’ Ex-Obama Official Says GBSD ‘Vulnerable’
In an online forum Tuesday, Sen. John Tester (D-Mont.) vowed to use his appropriations gavel to keep the Air Force’s next-generation nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile “on track,” while a former […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCommunications Fog Led to KCNSC Accepting Faulty Weapon Parts, DoE IG Says
A sort of communications breakdown between the Sandia National Laboratory and the Kansas City National Security Campus led to the Missouri manufacturing facility accepting 20 faulty flex cables that were […]