Vol. 23, No. 5 
NNSA Sent Plutonium to Nevada Last Year, Before State Sued to Prevent Shipment
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International
No INF-Range Nuke Systems Planned After U.S. Treaty Withdrawal, For Now
The United States will suspend its obligations under the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty on Saturday, meaning it will be free to deploy missiles with a range of 310 miles to 3,100 miles anywhere in the world by Aug. 2. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the news early Friday morning. The U.S. […]
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Budget & Policy
Dems Deploy Another No-First-Use Bill
The United States would adopt an official policy not to start a war using nuclear weapons, under legislation announced Wednesday by the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and a Democrat member of the Senate Armed Services Committee who is mulling a presidential run. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the chamber’s Armed Services chair after […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Iowa Man, Dead After Shooting at NNSS, Had ‘Cylindrical Object’
Nekiylo Dawayne Graves, 27, of Iowa, died Monday after contract security forces and a local sheriff’s deputy shot at him following an 8-mile car chase into the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), in Mercury, Nev. In a Wednesday Facebook video, Nye County… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
As Shutdown Ends, MOX Services Lawsuit Against NNSA Resumes
With the partial shutdown of the federal government resolved, at least until mid-February, a lawsuit between the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the prime contractor for the canceled Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) has resumed,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
H Canyon Roofing Repairs at Savannah River to Cost $1M
Roofing repairs at the Savannah River Site’s (SRS) H Canyon processing facility will begin this summer after rainwater dripped through a crack in the roof to the ground floor of the facility. The water became contaminated as it passed through the nuclear materials… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Nuke Missile Work Helped Boost Lockheed’s 2018 Numbers
More work on nuclear-tipped missiles contributed to yearly and quarterly earnings gains in 2018 at Lockheed Martin, the Bethesda, Md.-based defense giant announced this week. Lockheed’s 2018 net earnings from continuing operations were more than $5 billion, or… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Lockheed Martin Wins $560 Million Contract For More Trident II Missiles
By Richard Abott Defense Daily Lockheed Martin on Jan. 30 won a $560 million modification to produce Trident II (D5) missiles for the U.S. and U.K. The Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs awarded this as a cost-plus-incentive-fee modification for Trident II missile… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Boeing Brings in Record Earnings, Revenue in 2018, Despite Profit Decline in Defense Segment
Boeing, a central player on the Pentagon side of the current U.S. nuclear arsenal modernization, broke its own sales and earnings records for the year and quarter ended Dec. 31, the Chicago-based defense prime said Wednesday. Among other things, Boeing is working… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Lower Taxes, Higher Operating Profit Lift GD In Q4
By Cal Biesecker Defense Daily General Dynamics, the Pentagon’s contractor for the next-generation ballistic-missile submarine, on Wednesday posted a strong finish to its fiscal year, delivering big gains in earnings and sales in the fourth quarter, aided… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Again Working on Super Bowl Sunday
In an annual pregame tradition as sure as the coin toss, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will again police this year’s Super Bowl for signs of radiological dangers. The NNSA Remote Sensing Laboratory Aerial Measuring System swept the area… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]