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Subs Threaten Rest of Shipbuilding Budget
On the radar: Boomer budget bulge; Force-feeding missile defense; More sanctions; Palmetto plutonium pork; Hanford leaks; ICBM wing shortcomings; and Oak Ridge activists face up to 20-years in prison.   Read more »
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Posted on May 9, 2013
Nuclear Priorities for President Obama’s 2nd Term
  On the radar: Dealing with Iran; Reductions with Russia; NIF minus the “I”; slight SM-3 delay; Jin-class 2 years from deploying warheads; and Flying through a mushroom cloud.   Read more »
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Posted on November 8, 2012
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In tight budget times, the U.S. Navy cannot afford to waste funds on excessive capabilities for outdated Cold War weapons.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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