Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 23 No. 15
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April 12, 2019

BWXT Blunder With Columbia Missile Tube Welds Chewed Two-Thirds of Program’s Margin

By Dan Leone
BWX Technologies’ mistake last year welding ballistic-missile tubes for the first Columbia-class submarine consumed 15 of the 23 months of schedule cushion built into the Common Missile Compartment program, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported…

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