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Energy Secretary Pledges To Build ‘More Than 100’ Pits In Trump Administration

Sarah Salem

Tuesday, April 1st, 2025

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Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said in a recent interview rebooting plutonium pit production is key to bringing nuclear power forward for energy and defense during the Trump administration. Plutonium pits, the bowling-ball shaped fissile core placed inside a thermonuclear weapon to trigger its explosion, were produced at the highest rate during the Cold War from 1952 to 1989 in the U.S. at Rocky Flats Plant near Denver. The Environmental Protection Agency shut the plant down in 1992, and then-president…

Unmanned Systems

In Response To Flag Concerns, DoD Looks To Reduce Drone Prices, As Order for 30,000 Looms

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Pentagon

Amid Questions On Weapons Stockpiles, Caine Says U.S. Has ‘Sufficient’ Munitions For Iran Operation

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Congress

SASC Leaders Criticize Trump’s Defense Strategy, Press Colby On Policy Shifts

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) leadership on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration’s new National Defense Strategy (NDS) and pressed the Pentagon’s top policy official to explain the document’s priorities. SASC […]

Congress

Wicker Wants Legislation On DoD’s Equity Investments In Minerals Supply Chain

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