International

Nuke Experts Agree Putin’s Recent Nuclear Saber-Rattling Lacks Credibility

By Photo of Brian Bradley

Lance Moore
NS&D Monitor
7/10/2015
Russia is undergoing a full-scale process of rearmament and a costly modernization of strategic and non-strategic nuclear weapons programs, lagging behind the pace of U.S. modernization programs, according to a panel of…

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Emails Shed Light on Lockheed, Sandia Efforts to Extend Contract Bid

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Pantex Confirms Restart of B61 and W80 Work after ‘Code Blue’

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JCS Chair Nominee Calls for Modernization of NNSA Weapons Complex

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Would Renewal of 123 Agreement with China Open Bilateral Supply Partnerships?

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Review Rejects April MOX Cost Analysis, Estimates Downblending Would Cost the Same

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Wrap Up

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Incumbent Honeywell Wins Kansas City Plant Contract

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Air Force 1-3 Months Away from Long Range Strike Bomber Decision, LaPlante Says

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NNSA/AF Complete First B61-12 Development Flight Test

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Sandia Director Touts ‘Younger’ Demographic Despite Aging Nuclear Industry Workforce Concerns

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NNSA Extends Timeline for PF-4 Reinvestment Decision

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State Dept. Fact Sheet Updates U.S. Strategic Force Quantities

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HASC-SF Chair Confident Congress Will Fund Nuke Modernization Despite Possible Impacts on Conventional Capabilities

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Russia Is Greatest American Threat Largely Due to Nuclear Forces, Dunford Says

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BWXT, B&W Split Takes Effect

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Y-12 Making Progress on UPF Infrastructure Project

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DOE IG: Subcritical Experiments at NNSS ‘Effectively Managed’

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NNSA Releases Draft Environmental Assessment as Part of Proposed Y-12 Emergency Ops. Center

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SSP Awards Lockheed $27.5M Trident Contract

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