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House DoD Approps Bill Would Slash Pentagon Request for Interoperable Warhead

Thursday, June 28th, 2018

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House DoD Approps Bill Would Slash Pentagon Request for Interoperable Warhead

The military spending bill approved by the full House of Representatives on Thursday would sustain the press to move away from an Obama-administration proposal to build nuclear warheads usable on Navy and Air Force missiles.The House’s Department of Defense Appropriations Act, if signed into law, would provide only half the funding the Pentagon requested for fiscal 2019 for its share of work on the first of three interoperable warheads: $24 million, compared with a $48-million ask.The Pentagon wants the money…

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