{"id":4138,"date":"2018-09-11T22:22:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T22:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=4138"},"modified":"2018-09-11T22:22:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T22:22:11","slug":"nuclear-weapons-budget-gets-boost-in-us-spending-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/09\/11\/nuclear-weapons-budget-gets-boost-in-us-spending-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"NUCLEAR WEAPONS BUDGET GETS BOOST IN US SPENDING BILL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/lgm-30g-minuteman-iii-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4139\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/lgm-30g-minuteman-iii-003-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/lgm-30g-minuteman-iii-003-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/lgm-30g-minuteman-iii-003-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/lgm-30g-minuteman-iii-003-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/lgm-30g-minuteman-iii-003-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/lgm-30g-minuteman-iii-003-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/lgm-30g-minuteman-iii-003-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/lgm-30g-minuteman-iii-003.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Defense News<\/p>\n<p>By Joe Gould and Aaron Mehta<\/p>\n<p>Congress could, in the coming days, finalize a nuclear weapons budget that adds $458 million in 2019 over last year, after a conference committee released a compromise funding plan on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The plan calls for $44.6 billion in Department of Energy appropriations, with $11.1 billion for weapons activities within the National Nuclear Security Administration, a semiautonomous office of the Department of Energy that has oversight for the U.S. nuclear warhead stockpile.<\/p>\n<p>The number includes full funding of life-extension programs for nuclear weapons at $1.92 billion, which supports NNSA\u2019s efforts to sustain and upgrade U.S. nuclear warheads and their supporting infrastructure, in line with the administration\u2019s Nuclear Posture Review.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there are questions whether NNSA\u2019s five major modernization programs will be funded in the future \u2014 and the bill orders cost estimates related to several capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/09\/11\/nuclear-weapons-budget-gets-boost-in-us-spending-bill\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Defense News By Joe Gould and Aaron Mehta Congress could, in the coming days, finalize a nuclear weapons budget that adds $458 million in 2019 over last year, after a conference committee released a compromise funding plan on Monday. 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