Nuclear Modernization
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BudgetNuke Hawks, Doves Pile Up Amendments for 2020 Spending Bills on House Floor
Nuclear hawks and doves alike offered amendments to a 2020 spending bill up for floor debate in the House on Wednesday, including one amendment to ensure deployment of a new […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLow-yield SLBM Ban Could Stop ‘Nitwit’ From Starting Nuclear War, HASC Chair Says
Banning a low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic-missile warhead could stop “some nitwit at the Pentagon” from attempting to fight a nuclear war, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), chair of the House Armed Services […]
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CongressSmith Defends HASC’s $733 Billion NDAA Mark, Cites Low-Yield Nuke Cut As Main Point Of Contention
The chair of the House Armed Services Committee’s on Monday detailed his panel’s proposal for the next defense authorization bill, which arrives with a topline $17 billion below the president’s […]
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BudgetHouse Committee’s Draft NDAA Would Slow GBSD
A draft National Defense Authorization Act due for a committee vote on Wednesday makes good on House Democrats’ promise to slow procurement of next-generation, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. The draft […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHASC Subcommittee Moves To Constrict DOE Plans For Nuclear Weapon Cores
Democrats on the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee on Tuesday used their majority on the panel to kill a GOP amendment that would have kept the Department of Energy’s […]
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InternationalDIA Believes Russia Is “Probably” Not Adhering To Nuclear Test Ban
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) assesses Russia “probably is not adhering” fully to a nuclear testing moratorium, the agency’s director said on Wednesday. Speaking at a Hudson Institute event, Lt. […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Senate Committee Authorizes Full Funding for Controversial Nuclear-Warhead Core Plants
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s 2020 National Defense Authorization Act would authorize full funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s plan to build nuclear weapon cores in two states, a […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuclear Weapons Spending Bill Moves to House Floor
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would slow development of next-generation, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, along with Department of Energy infrastructure that supports them. The next stop […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHouse Panel’s NNSA Funding Bill Tees Up More Work for JASON
A 2020 spending proposal from the House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee directs the National Nuclear Security Administration to tap the independent group of JASON scientists for at least […]
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Nuclear Modernization
House Subcommittee’s DoE Budget Would Tap Brakes on New ICBMs
A proposed Department of Energy nuclear weapons budget due for a Committee vote in the House Tuesday would tap the brakes forcefully on the next land-based, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) […]