Nuclear Weapons
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InternationalU.S. Likely To Start Withdrawing From INF In Days
A top State Department official on Thursday said she is not optimistic Russia will return to compliance with the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty by the Feb. 2 deadline set […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Boss Says Low-Yield Submarine Warhead ‘On Track’
The upper echelons of the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons apparatus shed no light Wednesday on exactly when they will begin producing the low-yield W76-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead — […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNew Report On Rising Nuke Costs Sets Table For Deterrent Spending Debate
More nuclear weapons programs will roll into production phases in the 10 years ending 2028, increasing the total annual cost of these efforts by some $10 billion to about $50 […]
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Nuclear ModernizationEnergy Dept. Finishes Refurb of Sub-launched Nuclear Warhead
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) late last year finished refurbishing the final submarine-launched W76 ballistic missile warheads for another 30 years of service, the agency confirmed. The NNSA finished […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUC Official Tapped to Head Nuke Weapons Programs at Livermore Lab
A senior official at the University of California has been picked to lead nuclear weapons programs at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory effective Feb. 4, the Department of Energy facility […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDepartment of Energy Finishes Secondary Stage for First B61-12 Bomb
The National Nuclear Security Administration finished building the secondary stage for the first war-ready B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb on Dec. 6, the semi-autonomous Department of Energy agency said late last […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAnti-Nuke Populist Warren Might Run for President in 2020
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee who brandished her arms-control and anti-nuclear bonafides throughout 2018, announced this week she might run for president in […]
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UncategorizedAlexander, Top Senate Appropriator for Civilian Nuke-Weapon Agency, to Retire
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), who this year secured full construction funding for a crucial defense-uranium plant in his home state, on Monday announced he will leave the Senate after 2020. […]
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BudgetA 1,000-Warhead Arsenal Could Slash U.S Deficit by $13 Billion Over Two Decades, CBO Says
The United States could shave about $13 billion off the federal deficit over about 20 years by slashing some 500 warheads from the nation’s nuclear arsenal, the nonpartisan federal Congressional […]
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Business/FinancialFluor Scoops Nuke Storage Contract at Missile Base
Fluor Federal Services will build a nuclear weapons storage and maintenance facility at the an Frances E. Warren Air Force Base near Cheyenne, Wyoming, under a three-and-a-quarter year Army Corps […]