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Pentagon Nuke Policy Chief Not Aware of Any Bomb, Warhead Delays at DoE From COVID-19

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Pentagon Nuke Policy Chief Not Aware of Any Bomb, Warhead Delays at DoE From COVID-19

The Pentagon is keeping a close eye on nuclear weapons life-extension programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) during the COVID-19 pandemic, but to date there have been no signs of any delays, a senior Defense Department official said Wednesday. “I don’t believe that there have been any COVID-related implications to the life-extension programs,” Robert Soofer, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy, said in a webinar hosted by the Arlington, Va.-based Mitchell Institute for…

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