Once again underscoring the Trump Administration’s interests in making a large nuclear weapons arsenal a central part of the US military, the latest Pentagon budget request is seeking funding for new nuclear warheads, and also two different types of nuclear-capable missiles.
Missile development is focused, on the one hand, on Intermediate Nuclear Forces-capable weapons that the US can now field since withdrawing from the INF Treaty last year.
The other appears to be a response to Russia’s recent testing of hypersonic missiles, with $3.2 billion sought for speeding up America’s version of these missiles, seemingly determined to keep up with Russia on that front.
The new warhead is the W93, a submarine-launched warhead that has been in the works for some time, and is getting additional funding in the 2021 budget. The Department of Energy has been pushing this design as very upgradable.
The type of weaponry mentioned was presented by India’s clandestine research to US during Bush/ Cheney presidency.
Research was around 15 years in advance of then by U S and Russia and neither knew of India research.
Their development was actually stepped up in major way during Obama administration, and yes was included way deep in military spending Bill by bi- partisan Congressional parties.
Warhead development for the new weaponry immediately began At Berkly California , a partnership by Contractors and University Proffessors under grants from multiple Fed budgets, DOD, DOE and Eduarion, with underground test sites in Cali and Nevada.
A lot of the trigger and nuke casing material came from Japanese Nucler Energy plants, Takes massive amounts of processes water for Tritium as one of r necessary elements. It was best way to hide illegal to conduct under US laws and international treat obligations.
It is always easy to blame singular individual namely Presidency and their political party but not a damn one of them had any real brain power to institute such programs,
to be able for input as to needs and developement, that comes from “advisors” instead, and enacted ( continued) acted upon their advice.
And no not all were military but around 1/2 work as civilian researchers upon many of our Universities, and yes includes scientist, physicist, drawn from world wide geeks, well paid science for science sake types.
Those hired by Military Industrials all grabbing black off the books DARPA Contracts.
Trump is but latest chump who was presented idea by unknown sources of long standing programs.
Programs outside of any form of Civil Government oversight Committees but damn well known of by many non profit think tanks that promote such programs, Including our Nuclear Energy Mafia.
WHo controls our military, it damn sure is not the government officials we vote for as they are too busy playing politics and filling their and paying constituency’s egos and pocket books .
Some of our most senior elected officials are granted special ( limited ) entry, as they are ones needed to control votes ; may be as dumb as to actuality of programs but makes them feel powerfull members in Good Ol Boy Club with off the books perks and more funds to home State and buisness buddies.