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Homeland Security

Pakistan Expands Nuclear Materials Production Site: ISIS

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Monday, June 1st, 2009

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Islamabad May Be Moving To Create Thermonuclear Weapon Unneeded Pakistani Nuclear Actions May Fuel Arms Race With India Pakistan expanded a nuclear materials production site, apparently to upgrade its arsenal that includes nuclear-tipped missiles, according to a report by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS). The expansion was spotted by comparing commercial satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe with an earlier satellite picture of the site, according to report authors David Albright, Paul Brannan and Robert Kelley. Those improvements at…

Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]

Congress

Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]

Congress

U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

Congress

White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]