Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear ModernizationHASC Chair Floats Cuts for GBSD, Extension for Minuteman III
To give the Pentagon more money to spend in the future, the U.S. could buy fewer new intercontinental ballistic missiles and again extend its aging fleet of nuclear-tipped Minuteman III […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHASC Chair Wouldn’t Stake Modernization on Arms Control Deal
The U.S. should modernize its nuclear forces whether it can secure arms control agreements with Russia or not, the chair of the House Armed Services Committee said here Tuesday at […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Seeks $16.5B for Nukes in 2020; Includes More Low-Yield Warhead Work
The White House is seeking $16.5 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for fiscal 2020: a roughly 8-percent increase from just over $15 billion in 2019 that, a […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Rank-and-File Dems Buck Smith on ICBM Value
The United States does not need intercontinental ballistic missiles to prevent a nuclear attack on its territory, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said in a hearing here […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Relationship With Pentagon ‘Never Stronger;’ Making Warheads Cores in S.C. ‘Won’t Be Easy
The relationship between the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Department of Defense “has never been stronger,” the head of the semi-autonomous civilian weapons agency said Tuesday at a public […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSASC Chair Calls Continued Modernization, Arms Control Efforts ‘Excellent’ Plan for Nuke Policy
The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee praised as “excellent” the testimony of three former government officials who urged lawmakers Thursday to continue modernizing the entire nuclear triad and […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDepartment of Energy Says First Low-Yield, Sub-Launched Nuke Warhead is Ready for Battle
The Department of Energy certified Friday that a new low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead is battle ready, the agency said Monday. In a late-Monday press release, the agency’s semi-autonomous National […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLow Yield Nuclear SLCM Might Wait Until Well After LRSO, Pentagon Official Says
It could take a decade to build the low-yield, nuclear-tipped, sea-launched cruise missile the Trump administration called for last year, and development might not be able to start until the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHouse Dems Bring Back Bill to Ban Low-Yield Nuke Warhead
House Democrats on Thursday introduced a bill to ban the low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic-missile warhead the National Nuclear Security Administration recently acknowledged it has begun producing. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) leads […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDOE Has Started Building Low-Yield Sub Warhead
The Department of Energy said Friday it has started building the first low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead ordered by the Donald Trump administration last year. “The Pantex Plant has initiated […]