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Nuclear Modernization

W88 Warhead Upgrade Nailed Final Design Review, NNSA Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, January 17th, 2018

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A civil-military panel approved designs for an upgrade of the W88 nuclear ballistic missile warhead carried aboard U.S. submarines, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Jan. 16.Panel members, drawn from within and outside of the Department of Energy agency, approved system-level designs for the W88’s upgraded arming, fuzing, and firing (AF&F) subsystem on Dec. 14, an NNSA spokesperson in Washington told our sister publication Weapons Complex Morning Briefing.The AF&F system includes non-nuclear mechanical components and the conventional high explosives…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

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