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Political Moxie and Plutonium Pork
  On the radar: The politics of staving off demise of MOX; Subs eating shipbuilding funds; Bomb, coerce, or contain; North Korea sanctions update; Sanctions testimonies; and a Botched Soviet space laser.   Read more »
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Posted on May 15, 2013
A Nuclear Agenda for the Second Term
On the radar: Memo to the President; Fallon on the military option; Confirmation hearing dates; Sanctions effects; State on Syria; GMD woes; and Stealthy subs.   Read more »
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Posted on January 17, 2013
Sinking the Navy with Excessive Nuclear Requirements
In tight budget times, the U.S. Navy cannot afford to waste funds on excessive capabilities for outdated Cold War weapons. Yet that is what some in Congress are attempting to do by blocking retirement of excess nuclear-armed submarines. As part of the Navy’s plan to replace its fleet nuclear-armed submarines, the Navy expects the number of subs in service to dip from 12 to 10 for much of the 2030s – a budget and strategy plan that the Navy believes is manageable. Read more »
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Posted by Ben Loehrke on May 14, 2012
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