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  • Democrats press Pentagon for ‘unbiased’ review of costly Sentinel nuclear missile program, The Hill, Jun 24, 2024
 • Air Force Ousts Head of Its Troubled $131 Billion ICBM Program, Bloomberg, Jun 25, 2024
 • India expanding nuclear arsenal with an eye on China – report, RT, Jun 19, 2024
 • USAF, Lockheed test ICBM reentry vehicle Mk21A for $130 billion program, Interesting Engineering, Jun 19, 2024
 • It’s not too late to cancel the Pentagon’s next ICBM, Defense One, Jun 14, 2024
 • Congress will hold a hearing about the Sentinel missile’s exploding budget, but is it too little, too late?, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Jun 14, 2024
 • Nunn-McCurdy process proposed for NNSA in House committees defense bill; new Sentinel oversight, Exchange Monitor, May 24, 2024
 • Major milestone reached for key weapons component, Sandia National Lab news release, Apr 23, 2024
 • Tester Doubts Sentinel Will Meet Fielding Date of 2036, Exchange Monitor, Apr 12, 2024
 • Cancer rate among Air Force missileers prompts questions, concerns, ABC News, Mar 26, 2024
 • Air Force budgets $3.7 billion for Sentinel in fiscal 2025; Requirements changes possible in fiscal 2026, Exchange Monitor, Mar 15, 2024

 • America’s newest nuclear warhead will cost under $100M to produce, budget docs show, Aaron Mehta, Breaking Defense, Mar 12, 2024
 • Skyrocketing cost of US nuclear missile program spurs reckoning, The Hill, Mar 5, 2024
 • US mulling MIRVs to counter China’s nuclear buildup, Asia Times, Mar 4, 2024
 • Return To ICBMs Armed With Multiple Warheads Suggested By STRATCOM Boss, The Warzone, Feb 29, 2024
 • Trident missile test fails for second time in a row, BBC, Feb 21, 2024
 • “Critical” Overrun Of Sentinel ICBM Program Demands Government Transparency, Federation of American Scientists, Feb 2, 2024
 • America’s next-generation ICBM is over budget and under fire, Washington Examiner, Feb 1, 2024
 • Air Force to trim fat from ballooning Sentinel missile program, Exchange Monitor, Jan 26, 2024
 • Air Force’s Sentinel ICBM Program Is Struggling, Potentially Impacting Nuclear Deterrence, Forbes, Jan 25, 2024
 • Think the Sentinel nuclear program is pricey? Try living without it, Defense News, Jan 23, 2024
 • US nuclear missile upgrade in jeopardy – media, RT, Jan 19, 2024
 • Air Force’s next nuclear missile at risk after costs spike, Defense News, Jan 19, 2024
 • A Nuclear Dyad? Arms Control Groups Call For an End to ICBMs, Warrior Maven, Jan 16, 2024
 • No pre-holiday test flight for Sentinel, Exchange Monitor, Jan 5, 2024

2023
 • A gigantic new ICBM will take U.S. nuclear missiles out of the Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks, Associated Press, Dec 10, 2023
 • Air Force general says Sentinel can be tipped with multiple warheads, Exchange Monitor, Dec 1, 2023
 • Carcinogens found at Montana nuclear missile sites as reports of hundreds of cancers surface, Associated Press, Aug 7, 2023
 • Air Force authorizes start of construction on Sentinel support facilities, Exchange Monitor, Jun 2, 2023
 • Shifting military requirements changed design of new ICBM pit; first unit delayed, Exchange Monitor, Feb 17, 2023

2022  • Inside the $100 Billion Mission to Modernize America’s Aging Nuclear Missiles, Time, Sep 13, 2022

2021
 • Lawmakers set for battle over next-gen nuclear missile, Defense News, Sep 9, 2021

AIR

 • The B-21 Raider Has One Problem the Air Force Can't Easily Fix, National Interest, Jun 25, 2024
 • The price of each B-21 bomber is likely going up, Defense One, Jun 24, 2024
 • Air Force to Make First of 13 HACM Hypersonic Tests This Fall, Air & Space Forces Magazine, Jun 24,2024
 • ‘Late-to-the-Party Suicide Drill’: Ex-DoD Analyst Derides Bid to Upgrade Outdated B-52s With Nukes, Sputnik International, Jun 23, 2024
 • Congress wants to restore nukes on conventional B-52 bombers, Defense News, Jun 18, 2024
 • Senators Want to Block F-22 and F-15E Retirements, Require Study on Air Superiority, Air and Space Forces Magazine, Jun 14, 2024
 • B-21 Exempt from LRIP Limitation, DoD Says, Exchange Monitor, Jun 7, 2024
 • US to build new ‘doomsday plane’, RT, Apr 27, 2024
 • LRSO Nuclear Missile’s Development Extended, Funding Deferred, Air & Space Forces Magazine, Mar 23, 2024
• While USSF Budget Dips, Funds for New Nuclear Command and Control Satellites Jump, Air & Space Forces Magazine, Mar 18, 2024
 • 70 Percent or More of F-35s May Not Be Combat Capable, Mike Fredenburg, The Epoch Times, Mar 15, 2024

 • The new B-52: How the Air Force is prepping to fly century-old bombers, DefenseNews, Feb 12, 2024

 • Mass production of B61-12, W88 Alt 370 at halfway point, Exchange Monitor, Jan 12, 2024
 • NNSA reaches halfway mark for production of B61-12 and W88 warheads, Exchange Monitor, Jan 5, 2024

2022
 • House appropriations bill would approve $21B for NNSA in 2023, keep B83 alive, kill SLCM-N, Exchange Monitor, Jun 29, 2022

2016
 • NNSA Has a New Approach to Managing the B61-12 Life Extension, but a Constrained Schedule and Other Risks Remain, GAO, Feb 2016

SEA

 • The U.S. Navy's New Columbia-Class Missile Submarine Has a Problem, National Interest, Jun 24, 2024
 • A Very 'Limited' Nuclear Attack? MIT Professor Ted Postol explains, Daniel Davis / Deep Dive, (includes slides on the Russian Poseidon nuclear-powered torpedo), Mar 24, 2024
 • Sea-launched cruise missile is NNSA unfunded priority; warhead other than W80-4 possible; Savannah River taking half of W93’s pits, Exchange Monitor, Apr 19, 2024

 • The U.S. Navy's Columbia-Class Submarine Nightmare Is Just Getting Started, The National Interest, Apr 11, 2024
 • STRATCOM head embraces nuclear sea-launched cruise missile as modernization must, Exchange Monitor, Feb 29, 2024
 • STRATCOM Promises Senate No Gap in Ballistic Missile Submarine Coverage, USNI News, Feb 29, 2024

2022
 • Bipartisan votes in annual defense-spending debate save sea-launched nuke, boost pits by lots, Exchange Monitor, Jun 23, 2022

2020
 • STRATCOM Commander ‘Proud’ of W93, Won’t Say Much Else About It, Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, Feb 28, 2020

ALL

 • GAO: Weapon Systems Annual Assessment, Jun 2024
 • ‘Generational’ defense pitch has nuclear-weapons policy, force changes, more NNSA funding, Exchange Monitor, May 31, 2024
 • Unprotected: Troops Spent Decades Elbow-Deep in Dangerous Chemicals to Keep Nuclear Missiles Working, Thomas Novelly, Military.com, May 30, 2024
 • How US is Flirting With Idea of 'Limited' Nuclear Conflict With Russia and China, Ekaterina Blinova, Sputnik International, May 29, 2024
 • United States nuclear weapons, 2024, Hans M. Kristensen, et.al., May 6, 2024
 • Senators push to update nuclear military might in defense bill, Defense News, Apr 26, 2024
 • Pentagon weighs options to lengthen life of legacy nuclear platforms as new programs face delays, Valerie Insinna, Breaking Defense, Apr 5, 2024
 • America's Nuclear Arsenal Could Be Approaching Its Weakest Point, Newsweek, Mar 29, 2024
 • UK to test new ‘Astraea’ nuclear warheads without detonation, Interesting Engineering, Mar 26, 2024
 • Julia Gledhill and William Hartung: Failure as the Pentagon's Ultimate Success Story, TomDispatch, Mar 26, 2024
 • Details of Russia’s nuclear modernization are inconsistent with warnings of vast nuclear expansion, Federation of American Scientists, Mar 11, 2024
 • Bracing for impact: America’s nuclear modernization takes a local toll, The Hill, Mar 7, 2024
 • Nuclear weapons are expensive, but how much is too much?, The Hill, Mar 1, 2024
 • Pentagon Industrial Strategy Asks Taxpayers to Pay for Permanent War Footing, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Jan 25, 2024
 • Three Dangerous Cold War Myths About Nuclear Policy, The National Interest, Jan 23, 2024
 • America’s Ossified Nuclear Infrastructure Needs an Overhaul—Now, The Heritage Foundation, Jan 22, 2024

2023
 • Dems want cost estimates Congress didn't ask for in nuke modernization report, Exchange Monitor, Nov 17, 2023
 • America's Strategic Posture: The Final Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, Oct 2023
 • Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project, Associated Press, Sep 23, 2023
 • Livermore's Bauer to lead new 'blueprint' to revamp NNSA enterprise, Exchange Monitor, Sep 1, 2023
 • Oppenheimer: The Real Plan for U.S. Nuclear Domination, Then and Now, Brian Becker, BreakThroughNews, Jul 27, 2023
 • CovertAction Bulletin: “The Past Is Not Past” – Oppenheimer and the U.S. Nuclear Program Today, Covert Action Magazine, Jul 26, 2023
 • Sluggish plutonium-pit production tells allies and adversaries U.S. nuke modernization 'not important,' expert says, Exchange Monitor, May 26, 2023
 • US nuclear weapons modernization plan spurs cost questions, Associated Press, Apr 26, 2023
 • Labor shortage outlasts COVID, delays nuclear-weapons infrastructure, NNSA administrator says, Exchange Monitor, Mar 31, 2023
 • NNSA Does Not Have a Comprehensive Schedule or Cost Estimate for Pit Production Capability, GAO, Jan 2023
 • US nuclear agency falls short on scheduling, cost estimates, Associated Press, Jan 12, 2023
 • $10 Trillion for Nuclear War: Racing to the Nuclear Cliff, The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, Jan 10, 2023
 • US Nuclear Deterrent Jeopardized by Weak Infrastructure, NewsMax, Jan 5, 2023

2022
 • NNSA report calls for reform of management and ops contracts; says parents cos. of site management teams of little help, Exchange Monitor, Oct 28, 2022
 • Demand boom predicted for glove boxes in coming years, Exchange Monitor, Oct 7, 2022
 • NNSA Evolving the Nuclear Security Enterprise, Sep 2022
 • The Huge Gap Between How Serious Nuclear War Is And How Seriously It’s Being Taken, caitlanjohnstone.com, Mar 16, 2022
 • Nuclear expert speaks on the dangers of war between the US and Russia, World Socialist Web Site, Mar 15, 2022

2021
 • Senators eye NNSA plans for waste disposal as nuke modernization continues, Aiken Standard, Sep 23, 2021
 • Jill Hruby holds first all-hands meeting and outlines initiatives and priorities, NNSA, Aug 2, 2021
 • The Nuclear Weapons Council is worried about Biden’s spending. So are activists., Aiken Standard, Jul 31, 2021
 • NNSA Should Use Portfolio Management Leading Practices to Support Modernization Efforts, GAO, Jun 2021
 • US officials double down on push for nuclear modernization, Associated Press, Jun 25, 2021
 • Time To Stop Modernizing America’s Nukes And To Start Negotiating Peace – OpEd, EurasiaReview, Dave Lindorff, Jun 23, 2021
  • Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence Center virtual forum on Modernizing the US Strategic Nuclear Deterrent, Jun 22, 2021
 • Senators Mostly Unmoved by Disarmament Arguments, but King Curious About Sole Launch Authority, Exchange Monitor, Jun 17, 2021
 • $20B Biden NNSA Budget Whacks Weapon Activities, Compared With Trump Forecast, Exchange Monitor, May 28, 2021
 • Biden proposes $1 billion for nuclear weapons work, Santa Fe New Mexican, May 28, 2021
 • Estimated Cost of US Nuclear Modernization Jumps During More Expensive Phase, Defense One, May 24, 2021
 • Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2021 to 2030, Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2021 Supplemental data; Underlying tables
 • Rep. Wilson, others urge Biden to invest in nuke modernization and pit production, Aiken Standard, Mar 25, 2021
 • US, Russia Can Seek Missile Defense INF Limits After New START Deal - Arms, UrduPoint, Feb 6, 2021

2020
 • Nuclear Weapons: We can Agree to ... Agree, Politico, Aug 11, 2020
 • UK lobbies US to support controversial new nuclear warheads, The Guardian, Aug 1, 2020
 • Nuclear Delivery Systems Sustainment & Modernization Overview, Hon Alan R. Shaffer, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment, Nuclear Deterrence Summit, Feb 13, 2020
 • Wilson, Graham, Scott pressed Trump for more nuclear funding, letters show, Aiken Standard, Feb 13, 2020
 • Trump proposes 25 percent bump in nuke spending, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 10, 2020
 • Trump seeks $46 billion for nuclear weapons programs in budget request, Defense News, Feb 10, 2020
 • Trump to request 20 percent boost in nuclear spending, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jan 30, 2020
 • An Unanswered Question at the Heart of the U.S.’s Nuclear Arsenal, Scientific American, Jan 28, 2020
 • Lawmakers assured review of nuclear weapons work to be open, Associated Press, Jan 22, 2020
 • NNSA Chief Details Uphill Slog to Nuclear Modernization, Air Force Magazine, Jan 16, 2020