America’s Nuclear Warheads are on the Decline

Posted by Matt in November 22nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, U.S., 1980s, Aging, arsenal, Chilton, Cold-War, Decline, Defense Secretary, Last Time, Neglect, Nuclear Nations, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapons Program, Robert Gates, Secretary Robert, Strategic Command, Time One, Warhead Design, Wsj

Sounding the Nuclear Alarm - The U.S. will not have a credible arsenal unless Washington acts soon to replace aging warheads.
Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. nuclear weapons program has suffered from neglect. Warheads are old. There’s been no new warhead design since the 1980s, and the last time one was tested [...]

Nuclear ring reportedly had advanced weapon design

Posted by Matt in June 15th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Proliferation, Ballistic Missile, blueprint, Blueprints, Bomb, David Albright, Developing Countries, Draft Report, Electronic Blueprints, Hindu, Hindu India, International Investigators, Iran, Led, Libya, New York Times, News Report, North-Korea, Nuclear Designs, Nuclear Device, Nuclear Ring, Nuclear Weapon, Nuclear Weapon Design, Qadeer Khan, Related News, Rogue Nations, Rogue Report, Sanger, Scientist, Smugglers, Warhead Design, Washington Post, Weapon Design, Weapons Inspector

An international smuggling ring may have secretly shared blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon with Iran, North Korea and other rogue countries, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
The now-defunct ring led by Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan is previously known to have sold bomb-related parts to Libya, Iran and North Korea. A draft report by former [...]

Mystery Material Messes With Nuke Refurbishing

Posted by Matt in April 8th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Ballistic Missiles, Codenamed, Fogbank, Mystery Material, Navy, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapons Industry, Nuke, Trident D5, Trident Missiles, Warhead Design

The effort to refurbish elderly W76 nuclear warheads is being held up by difficulties in manufacturing a substance codenamed “fogbank.” A year ago, the nuclear weapons industry was proposing new warhead design for the navy’s sea-launched Trident D5 ballistic missiles. This would involve replacing 3,000 W76 warheads that currently equip 336 missiles. This project would [...]

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America’s Nuclear Warheads are on the Decline

Nuclear ring reportedly had advanced weapon design

Mystery Material Messes With Nuke Refurbishing

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