Nuclear modernization battle heads to Hill October 29, 2013 By Leigh Munsil The Pentagon plans to make a case Tuesday for spending more than $8 billion to modernize part of its arsenal of decades-old nuclear weapons, but critics say that would be a waste of money. Disarmament groups have seized on the issue, saying that […]

U.S. nuclear arms overhaul needed to ensure reliability – officials October 29, 2013 By David Alexander WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. nuclear arsenal needs a multi-billion dollar overhaul in the coming decade to ensure the weapons’ safety and effectiveness, defense officials said on Tuesday, despite warnings from arms control groups that the effort […]

ICBM door incidents worry anti-nuke groups October 25, 2013 By Leigh Munsil This week’s revelations that airmen left open blast doors that protect nuclear missiles are just more evidence against the aging nuclear weapons infrastructure, disarmament groups said Thursday. “This is another incident that suggests that there’s a systemic problem in the nuclear command and […]

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U.S. nuclear arms modernization plan misguided: scientists’ group David Alexander October 17, 2013 (Reuters) – An Obama administration plan to spend $60 billion over the next 25 years to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal is misguided and violates the spirit of its pledge not to develop new nuclear arms, a Union of Concerned Scientists report […]