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Sequester Will Impact Nuclear Triad Recapitalization, DoD Official Says

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Saturday, March 15th, 2014

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The impact of sequestration beyond FY ’15 will affect plans for modernizing the nuclear triad, Elaine Bunn, Deputy Assistant Secretary Of Defense Nuclear And Missile Defense Policy, said March 12. “If there is sequestration after 2015, it will hurt this a lot. We would love to see stability and predictability in that recapitalization,” Bunn testified in front of the Senate Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee. Without sequestration, she said the Department of Defense and the Services were on track to…

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