Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Reporting on the platforms and programs that carry U.S. nuclear weapons — the Sentinel ICBM, B-21 Raider, and Columbia-class submarine — and the strategic integration and readiness posture of the three-legged deterrent.
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Life Extension ProgramsSENIOR NAVY OFFICIAL COMFORTABLE WITH NEW W76 REFURBISHMENT SCHEDULE
The Obama Administration’s decision to slow work on the W76 refurbishment erased any margin for error in the key life extension program, but a senior Navy official said late last week that the service was comfortable with the change and signed off on the decision. Faced with tightening budgets, the NNSA said in February that […]
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Defense & MilitaryHEARING WITH USSTRATCOM CHIEF SET FOR NEXT WEEK
United States Strategic Command chief Gen. Robert Kehler will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee next Tuesday, potentially addressing the Obama Administration’s nuclear modernization plan as part of testimony on the Fiscal Year 2013 budget request. Kehler will appear before the committee along with U.S. Cyber Command Gen. Keith Alexander at 9:30 a.m. in […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear TriadMAJ. GEN. CHAMBERS CALLS FOR MAINTAINING NUCLEAR TRIAD
As the nation’s nuclear deterrence mission faces budgetary constraints from Congress, Maj. Gen. William Chambers, the Air Force’s Assistant Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, warned Friday against removing one “leg” of the traditional nuclear triad of intercontinental ballistic missiles, bombers and submarine-launched missiles. “We believe not only its proven reliability over […]