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Livermore Moving to Minimum Safe Operations as Surrounding County Locks Down to Combat COVID-19
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California is transitioning to minimum-safe operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a move that by next Monday will sharply shrink staffing levels and […]
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BudgetFirst GBSD Missiles Might Go Into the Ground With Old Minuteman III Warheads
When the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) arrives to replace the Minuteman III silo-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Minuteman III’s old nuclear warheads might go right back into the ground […]
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BudgetProposed Reshuffling of Nuclear Modernization Funds Won’t Hurt USAF, Service Chief Says
The Air Force will not be affected in fiscal year 2021 if Congress approves the White House’s plan to short the Pentagon budget by $2.5 billion to increase the National […]
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BudgetW93 Notionally Based on Previously Deployed Nuclear-Explosive Components, NNSA Boss Says
The W93 warhead will notionally be based on previously deployed nuclear-explosive components, the head of the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said here Tuesday. The W93, a […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBechtel, Kratos, Get Spots on Northrop Grumman’s GBSD Team
Northrop Grumman [NOC] tapped Bechtel National and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions to provide construction services and specialized transportation equipment for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) intercontinental ballistic missile […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDrive to Replace Capacitors for Refurbished Nukes Causing Delays for ICBM Fuze Modernization
Complications with the B61-12 and W88 Alt-370 programs might delay production of new intercontinental ballistic missile fuzes at the Department of Energy’s Kansas City National Security Campus by more than […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Seeks Massive Increase for ICBM Warhead, Pit Infrastructure in 2021
The Department of Energy seeks nearly a four-fold funding increase for development of the the W87-1, silo-based intercontinental ballistic-missile warhead in fiscal year 2021, plus more than $1 billion to […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoD Plans W93 To Succeed W76 and W88 SLBM Warheads
The Defense Department plans to use the proposed Mk 7 W93 submarine-launched nuclear ballistic missile (SLBM) warhead to eventually replace the current W76 and W88 warheads without increasing the size […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Seeks $53 Million for W93 in Fiscal 2021; Won’t Detail Timeline for Producing Weapon
The Department of Energy is seeking $53 million in fiscal year 2021 for the proposed W93 sea-based, ballistic-missile warhead: two years sooner than the agency previously thought it would need […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDems Ask DoD to Explain W76-2 Use Plans, Effect on NNSA Complex
The latest wave of opposition to the lower-yield W76-2 warhead the Navy deployed last year crested Wednesday, when five Senators asked Secretary of Defense Mark Esper what the Pentagon might […]