Air Force: National nuclear modernization fund should support all three legs of the triad

By Courtney Albon / March 7, 2016 at 6:05 PM
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said Monday that any national-level fund to support the Defense Department's nuclear triad modernization should encompass all three legs rather than a single program. As the department aims to modernize the nuclear triad over the next few decades, some in the department and on Capitol Hill have advocated for a national-level fund to support and protect those efforts. The Navy has already established a Sea-Based Deterrence Fund to support its Ohio-class Replacement submarine program,...

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