Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

DNFSB Chair Says Board Staff Will Attend DOE Nuclear Explosive Safety Meetings

By Photo of Dan Leone

In an escalation of an ongoing turf war, the federal Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) said last week it would send personnel to the Department of Energy’s secretive nuclear explosive safety study meetings, despite that agency’s position that…

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Air Force RCO: December 2021 ‘Earliest’ Target Date for B-21 First Flight

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