
A service life extension would be authorized for the B83 megaton gravity bomb in 2022 and every new president would have to review U.S. nuclear force posture, if a Senate committee’s version of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act becomes law. The Senate Armed Services Committee approved its 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) behind closed doors in July by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 23-3. However, the Committee only published the text of the bill, and a lengthy explanatory…