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Nuclear Modernization

DoE Seeks Massive Increase for ICBM Warhead, Pit Infrastructure in 2021

Monday, February 24th, 2020

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DoE Seeks Massive Increase for ICBM Warhead, Pit Infrastructure in 2021

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The Department of Energy seeks nearly a four-fold funding increase for development of the the W87-1, silo-based intercontinental ballistic-missile warhead in fiscal year 2021, plus more than $1 billion to help build the cores for that warhead, according to new budget details released Monday. The civilian agency's semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) seeks more than $540 million for the W87-1 program in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, up from just over $110 million appropriated by Congress for…

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