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Nuclear Modernization

Arsenal Modernization Means More Nukes, Perry Says

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 2nd, 2017

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Arsenal Modernization Means More Nukes, Perry Says

Northrop Grumman's B-2 bomber. Photo: Air Force.

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday suggested that modernization of the U.S. nuclear arsenal includes increasing the number of weapons.In an energy policy discussion hosted by NBC and Axios in Washington, D.C., moderator Chuck Todd of “Meet the Press” asked Perry, “Does beefing up mean the same as modernization?”“It does to me,” Perry responded, adding that there was a “semantic issue here,” reports our sister publication, ExchangeMonitor.Perry offered his comments two days after the Congressional Budget Office projected it…

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