Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear ModernizationLow-yield SLBM Ban Could Stop ‘Nitwit’ From Starting Nuclear War, HASC Chair Says
Banning a low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic-missile warhead could stop “some nitwit at the Pentagon” from attempting to fight a nuclear war, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), chair of the House Armed Services […]
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BudgetHouse Committee’s Draft NDAA Would Slow GBSD
A draft National Defense Authorization Act due for a committee vote on Wednesday makes good on House Democrats’ promise to slow procurement of next-generation, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. The draft […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHASC Subcommittee Moves To Constrict DOE Plans For Nuclear Weapon Cores
Democrats on the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee on Tuesday used their majority on the panel to kill a GOP amendment that would have kept the Department of Energy’s […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSenate Committee Authorizes Full Funding for Controversial Nuclear-Warhead Core Plants
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s 2020 National Defense Authorization Act would authorize full funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s plan to build nuclear weapon cores in two states, a […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuclear Weapons Spending Bill Moves to House Floor
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would slow development of next-generation, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, along with Department of Energy infrastructure that supports them. The next stop […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHouse Subcommittee’s DoE Budget Would Tap Brakes on New ICBMs
A proposed Department of Energy nuclear weapons budget due for a Committee vote in the House Tuesday would tap the brakes forcefully on the next land-based, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Panel Funds Navy Nuclear SLCM AoA, But Directs Report
The House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee recommends funding the Navy’s analysis of alternatives (AoA) for a new nuclear-armed Sea-launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N), but has concerns and directs the Secretary of the […]
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UncategorizedDoE Nuke Budget Headed to Full Committee Next Week; Bill Report Due Monday
The House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee on Wednesday sent the first draft of the Department of Energy’s 2020 budget bill to the full Appropriations Committee for consideration some […]
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BudgetHouse Panel Rejects White House’s NNSA Budget Request, Proposes $15.9 Billion for Nukes in 2020
The House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee would deliver an emphatic “no” to the Trump administration’s 2020 budget request for the National Nuclear Security Administration, if a $15.9 billion […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLatest Boeing B61-12 Contract Worth $215 Million
Boeing’s [BA] contract to build the tail kit that will guide the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb during free fall is worth $215 million over four years, according to an Air […]