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Panel Finds Against Bush-Era Plan for New Nukes

By Sharon WeinbergerNov 20th 2009 – 9:08AM

(Nov. 20) -- Another aspect of Bush defense policy has quietly been undone, courtesy of an expert panel that determined the current arsenal of nuclear weapons has plenty of life left in it. The findings are a direct blow to proponents of building a new nuclear warhead, who have argued that potential flaws in the current...

Background on Reliable Replacement Warhead

The Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) was a proposed new American nuclear warhead design and bomb family that was intended to be simple, reliable and to provide a long-lasting, low maintenance future nuclear force for the United States.

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