Tag: US strategic command

Supply Chain Disruption, Design Delays, Cost Overruns Cloud US ‘Nuclear Triad’ Upgrades: Pentagon Officials

March 29, 2023
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President Joe Biden’s $863 billion Fiscal Year 2024 [FY24] defense budget request includes $23.8 billion for the United States Department of Energy [DOE] to produce nuclear weapons and manage the nation’s strategic stockpile and $37.7 billion for the Pentagon to operate its “nuclear enterprise.” That “nuclear enterprise” is America’s land-air-sea “triad” strategic force posture—intercontinental ballistic…

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We Made Sure Nuclear Assets Were ‘Buttoned Down’ When Chinese Spy Balloon Flew Overhead: Secretary Austin

February 9, 2023
Chinese spy balloonExecutive BranchNational Securitynuclear assetsnuclear facilityOffutt Air Force BasePoliticsSecretary of Defense Lloyd AustinUSUS NewsUS strategic commandWhiteman Air Force Base
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has admitted that the Chinese spy balloon which flew over the country last week made the establishment concerned about U.S. nuclear force capabilities being exposed, with the balloon reportedly venturing near key military strategic sites. “You don’t know what it was looking for … What were you concerned about it…

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