NNSA can't spend its way to plutonium pit goal, STRATCOM commander tells senators - ExchangeMonitor

There is not enough money in the world for the National Nuclear Security Administration to spend its way to making 80 plutonium pits a year by 2030, the general who commands U.S. nuclear forces told Congress Tuesday morning.
“[W]e now know that we will not get…

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NNSA can’t spend its way to plutonium pit goal, STRATCOM commander tells senators

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