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NNSA ‘Unlikely’ to Deliver First War-Ready W80-4 by 2025, Internal Report Says

Monday, July 29th, 2019

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NNSA ‘Unlikely’ to Deliver First War-Ready W80-4 by 2025, Internal Report Says

W8-4 warhead. Image: National Nuclear Security Administration

The Department of Energy will probably deliver the first nuclear warhead for the next U.S. air-launched cruise missile in 2026: a year later than the department’s official forecast, according to an internal agency report. The DoE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is “highly unlikely” to complete the Long Range Standoff Weapon’s W80-4 warhead — a refurbished version of the W80 used on current air-launched cruise missiles— by the agency's official target date of fiscal year 2025, NNSA's nominally independent Cost…

Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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Congress

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