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The administration is sending mixed signals on nuclear modernization.
The president’s “skinny budget” declares it would maintain “a strong, credible nuclear deterrent for the security of the Nation and U.S. allies.” Yet his Interim National Security Strategy Guidance states: “We will take steps to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy while ensuring our strategic deterrent remains safe, secure, and effective.”
Those “steps” might include cutting the nuclear modernization budget. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Leonor Tomero recently suggested as much, stressing that “some plans are very expensive.”
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On April 20 Admiral Charles Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee alongside his colleague General James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command SPACECOM), in both open and closed hearings.
Richard described his command, which consists of 150,000 service members from all branches of the armed forces, as a “global warfighting command.” The ultimate global warfighting command as it is in charge of all U.S. nuclear weapons and their delivery systems.
His sales pitch to the Senate committee, as that of other top commanders appearing lately before the Senate and the House Armed Services Committees, is to secure funding for the expansion and upgrading of military programs and weapons. The weapons he’s promoting are capable of ending life on earth if employed broadly.
Northrop Grumman wins $2.3B deal to maintain aging Minuteman III
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Northrop Grumman was awarded a $2.3 billion contract by the Defense Department for sustainment of the U.S. Air Force s Minuteman III ICBM program, which is the ground-based arm of the U.S. nuclear triad. Photo by SSgt. T.J. Armstrong/U.S. Air Force
April 21 (UPI) Northrop Grumman was awarded a $2.3 billion contract for the propulsion system maintenance of the Minuteman III missile system, the Pentagon announced.
The contract, which runs through 2040, calls for sustaining engineering support and program management support services for the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile [ICBM] propulsion subsystem, according to a Tuesday night contract announcement.