Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear ModernizationBoeing Cleared to Start Production of Tail Kit for B61-12 Gravity Bomb
Air Force contractor Boeing [BA] is clear to start production on crucial hardware for the B61-12 next-generation nuclear gravity bomb, which is scheduled to be built in 2020, the service […]
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CongressDems Drill NNSA No. 2 Nominee On Warhead Cores, Arms Control Treaty
William Bookless, nominated to be second-in-command at the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), defended the agency’s plan to build two nuclear-warhead-core factories in the face of a double-edged inquisition […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Congress Rides In From Recess On A Wave Of Nuclear Policy Moves
Lawmakers set the stage for the nuclear weapons debate to come in the next Congress with a wave of bills and rhetoric that burned the post-Thanksgiving fog from Washington last […]
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Congress
Hawks File Bill to Prohibit Spending on Nuke Treaty Extension Talks
A bill introduced Wednesday by Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), and supported by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), would prohibit the Trump administration from extending the primary U.S.-Russia nuclear arms-control treaty beyond […]
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Congress
Aspiring HASC Chair Has Three-Point Plan for Nuke Policy in Next Congress; Eyes ICBMs
The aspiring chair of the House Armed Services Committee said here Wednesday he wants to scrap the Trump administration’s nuclear posture review, whip up a multilateral intermediate-range nuclear forces-style treaty, […]
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Navy/USMCNext-Gen SLBM Not Completely New, Trade Studies Start in 2020
A top Navy official on Thursday said the next-generation submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) to be featured on the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine will incorporate some elements of the current Trident […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Dems’ House Victory Paints Target on Nuclear Modernization and Low-Yield Warhead
Having won control of the House of Representatives for the upcoming 116th Congress, Democrats are likely to heighten scrutiny of the nuclear arsenal modernization regime and paint a big target on the […]
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Navy/USMCNaval Reactors Head to Speak Wednesday at Sub Conference
The head of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s naval reactors program, steward of the heavy-industry programs that provide nuclear propulsion systems for the Navy, is scheduled to speak Wednesday to […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Study of Nuclear, Sea-Launched Cruise Missile To Begin in FY 2020
The Department of Energy and the Pentagon could be studying a new nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missile by this time next year, the Energy Department’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) […]
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Nuclear Modernization
New Contractor to Take Over Main U.S. Nuke Lab Thursday
Triad National Security is set on Thursday to take over management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, ending a decade-long experiment in running the nation’s oldest nuclear […]