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DoE Seeks $53 Million for W93 in Fiscal 2021; Won’t Detail Timeline for Producing Weapon

Thursday, February 20th, 2020

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DoE Seeks $53 Million for W93 in Fiscal 2021; Won’t Detail Timeline for Producing Weapon

Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

The Department of Energy is seeking $53 million in fiscal year 2021 for the proposed W93 sea-based, ballistic-missile warhead: two years sooner than the agency previously thought it would need funding for the weapon. A spokesperson for DoE's semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) confirmed the figure Thursday morning. In the 2020 budget request it released in March 2019, NNSA estimated it would need $56 million for W93 starting in fiscal year 2023. In its 2020 Stockpile Stewardship and Management…

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