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Senate Appropriator: Full-Scale Nuclear Modernization Should Happen Despite Any Future Budget Crunch

Wednesday, April 29th, 2015

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Even though the post-2021 budgetary landscape—as many nuclear modernization programs move from research & development to the production phase—will likely threaten investments in strategic deterrence, the United States should still follow plans to modernize the full nuclear weapon portfolio, a Senate appropriator told a Capitol Hill audience this week.“Will there be funding challenges after 2021, after we purchase and modernize bombers, missiles and submarines? Absolutely,” Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said during a Peter Huessy…

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