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Dems Want Cost Estimates Congress Didn’t Ask For in Nuke Modernization Report

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Dems Want Cost Estimates Congress Didn’t Ask For in Nuke Modernization Report
The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center conducted its first full-scale static test fire of the LGM-35A Sentinel stage-one solid rocket motor at the Northrop Grumman test facility in Promontory, Utah on March 2 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Lawmakers who created an independent commission to study U.S. nuclear modernization efforts without estimating the cost, now want to see what replacing all three legs of the triad and rehabbing the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will cost.  During a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, several representatives — all Democrats — dinged the leaders of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States for not providing cost estimates in a 160-page report laying…

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