Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationU.S. Strategic Command “Down to Two of a Particular Type of Switch” for Minuteman III Launch Control Centers
U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) and U.S. Air Force leaders have often cited parts obsolescence for the 400 Boeing [BA] Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles as one of the reasons to […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUK Warhead Upgrade Will Move With Or Without W93, British Official Says
The United Kingdom will plow ahead with its new submarine-launched warhead no matter what happens this year with the planned W93 in the U.S., and the warhead replacement program has […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHruby Nominated to Civilian Nuclear Weapons Agency
President Joe Biden will nominate Jill Hruby, former director of the Sandia National Laboratories, to lead the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, the White House said Wednesday. Hruby […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNo Nuclear Spending Proposal in White House Skinny Budget; Posture Review Ongoing
The Biden administration said Friday its 2022 federal budget will support ongoing nuclear modernization programs, including infrastructure at the National Nuclear Security Administration, while the White House continues its nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationArms Control, Modernization Consensus Gone, Modernization Architect Says
Last decade’s bipartisan consensus, that arms-control diplomacy and the refurbishment of the nuclear arsenal should walk hand-in-hand, does not exist anymore, according to a former Republican Senator who helped forge […]
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Nuclear ModernizationTester Says He Will Keep GBSD ‘On Track;’ Ex-Obama Official Says GBSD ‘Vulnerable’
In an online forum Tuesday, Sen. John Tester (D-Mont.) vowed to use his appropriations gavel to keep the Air Force’s next-generation nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile “on track,” while a former […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCommunications Fog Led to KCNSC Accepting Faulty Weapon Parts, DoE IG Says
A sort of communications breakdown between the Sandia National Laboratory and the Kansas City National Security Campus led to the Missouri manufacturing facility accepting 20 faulty flex cables that were […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Biden Admin Looks at Ex-Sandia Director for Top NNSA Post
A former director of the Sandia National Laboratories has floated toward the top of the Joe Biden administration’s list of candidates to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and […]
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CongressSenate Confirms Turk to be DoE DepSec, 98-2
The Senate confirmed David Turk to be deputy secretary of energy on Tuesday, voting 98-2 to install the former Obama official and Biden staffer as the Department of Energy’s No. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCyber, Nukes, OCO are Big Boogeymen in Defense Budget, HAC-D Chair Says
Nuclear weapons are one of a trilogy of high-spend programs likely to affect defense spending decisions for years, the chair of a House Appropriations panel said Tuesday in an online […]