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Nuclear Modernization

House Subcommittee’s DoE Budget Would Tap Brakes on New ICBMs

Monday, May 20th, 2019

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House Subcommittee’s DoE Budget Would Tap Brakes on New ICBMs

Close up illustration of atomic particle for nuclear energy imagery

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) warhead and dump a pair of nuclear weapons programs the Trump administration called for last year. That is according to a detailed bill report released Monday by the House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee. The panel has recommended a 2020 budget of about $16 billion for the Department of…

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