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Dan Leone
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Nuclear ModernizationNew SLBM Warhead Begins Budget Ramp Up in 2023
The W93 submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead, the first in decades that is not a refurbishment of a weapon already sailing the seas, will be in line for a big budget […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSenate Unanimously Confirms Nominee for Top Nuclear Weapons Post
The Senate late Wednesday confirmed Marvin Adams to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration’s office of defense programs, clearing the way for the Texas A&M professor and longtime weapons-labs consultant […]
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Nuclear ModernizationJoint Chiefs Chairman Boosts SLCM-N Again In House Armed Services Hearing
The top-ranked U.S. general again touted his support for the low-yield, nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile the Biden administration wants to cancel, this time at the invitation of House Republicans during […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Key Civilian Nuke Nominee Approved by Senate committee; Floor Vote Next
The Biden administration’s nominee to lead nuclear weapons programs at National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) headquarters was one of four nominees approved unanimously on Tuesday by the Senate Armed Services […]
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BudgetNNSA Seeks 60% Boost for Budget Line That Funds Pits; Eclipses Expected Increase For FY23
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has requested a roughly 60% increase in fiscal year 2023 for the part of its budget that funds the rebuilding of critical nuclear-weapons production […]
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Biden Nominee to Lead Civilian Nuclear Weapons Office Gets His Hearing; Supports Review of Warhead Trigger Program
In a confirmation hearing Tuesday morning, the Biden administration’s nominee to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) weapons programs from headquarters in Washington pledged his support for the agency’s […]
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Nuclear ModernizationIce Storm, Power Outage at Pantex Delay Non-Essential Arrives Amid Production Upswing
As the nuclear-weapons production complex begins a shift into overdrive, non-essential personnel at the Pantex site were asked to delay their arrival starting with Monday’s graveyard shift after a late-season […]
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CongressFamiliar Nuke Names Nab Spots on Congress’ New Strategic Posture Commission
A congressionally chartered commission about U.S. strategic posture is stacked with nuclear-savvy appointees, including the woman who led the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) during most of the Donald Trump […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Budget Up In Omnibus; Prohibitions Against B83, Sea-Launched W80-4 Gone
After idling for half the 2022 fiscal year at last year’s budget level, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would get some $26.65 billion to see it through Sept. 30, […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Can’t Spend Its Way To Plutonium Pit Goal, STRATCOM Commander Tells Senators
There is not enough money in the world for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to spend its way to making 80 plutonium pits a year by 2030, the general […]
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