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Nuclear Weapon Programs Receive Modest Budget Boost in House Armed Services Defense Bill

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, June 14th, 2023

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Nuclear Weapon Programs Receive Modest Budget Boost in House Armed Services Defense Bill

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A House committee’s first draft of an annual defense policy bill would increase funding for plutonium pit production, a controversial sea-launched cruise missile warhead and other nuclear weapons modernization programs. While House Armed Services subcommittees, including the strategic forces subcommittee, were debating their versions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Tuesday, the full committee published the version of the bill it will consider next week. Weapons programs boosted in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) draft of the…

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