Pentagon Eyes Shared Modernization Package For Navy, Air Force Warheads
From Global Security Newswire:
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Defense Department is exploring how it might devise a single nuclear warhead modernization package that could be used for updating different weapons in both the Navy and Air Force arsenals, according to a senior official (see GSN, Nov. 20).
The Obama administration’s Nuclear Posture Review — a major assessment of atomic strategy, forces and readiness due to Congress by February — might include such a joint-service, warhead life-extension effort as one of its key recommendations, defense officials tell Global Security Newswire.
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My Comment: The U.S. Defense Department is now focusing on how to save money …. expect the U.S. nuclear forces be one of the departments on top of the list.
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