Modernizing America's Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Will Cost $300 Billion

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SOURCE: Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Strategic Studies Quarterly Fall 2011. GRAPHIC: Todd Lindeman - The Washington Post. Published Sept. 16, 2012.

Aging U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Slated For Costly And Long-Delayed Modernization -- Washington Post

The U.S. nuclear arsenal, the most powerful but indiscriminate class of weapons ever created, is set to undergo the costliest overhaul in its history, even as the military faces spending cuts to its conventional arms programs at a time of fiscal crisis.

For two decades, U.S. administrations have confronted the decrepit, neglected state of the aging nuclear weapons complex. Yet officials have repeatedly put off sinking huge sums into projects that receive little public recognition, driving up the costs even further.

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