Defense & Military

StratCom Chief Continues to Advocate for Modernization

By Photo of Todd Jacobson

Todd Jacobson
NS&D Monitor
6/20/2014
With lawmakers raising questions about the Obama Administration’s ‘3+2’ strategy for modernizing the nation’s nuclear stockpile, Strategic Command chief Adm. Cecil Haney this week continued to advocate…

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Contemplating Competition, NNSA Issues RFI for Kansas City Plant

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INTERVIEW: Poneman Looks Back at DOE Tenure, Discusses Efforts to Improve NNSA Mgmt.

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House Appropriators Again Take DOE to Task Over Project Management Concerns

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House, Senate Spending Bills Boost MOX Funding and Prevent Move to ‘Cold Standby’

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EDITORIAL: It’s Time to Separate Out Cleanup Work from Los Alamos, Other NNSA Sites

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Senate E&W Approps Zeroes Out Funding for Nuclear Cruise Missile Warhead Replacement

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House Appropriators Endorse ‘More Realistic’ NNSA Modernization Strategy

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Nuclear Weapons Council Debating Expanding Scope of W88 Alt 370

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Deputy Energy Secretary Poneman to Leave DOE This Fall

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Senior Air Force Nuke Official Says Collaboration with Navy ‘Making Huge Progress’

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With the Completion of Y-12/Pantex Looming, CNS Going Through Final Readiness Reviews

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Wrap Up

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At Oak Ridge

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At Pantex

A ballistic missile warhead stored upright inside an underground launch silo, viewed from above.

At Kansas City

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At Los Alamos

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