The Air Force has been on a 25-year nuclear weapons "procurement holiday" and now all its bills are coming due at once, but those bills are affordable despite declining military budgets, according to a top service official. The branch wants to replace just about every nuclear weapon in its inventory, from outdated bombers to the 45-year-old Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, and those programs are competing for funding at a time when resources are spread thin. "It is unfortunate a...
