This may result in even less LEP work for LLNL and even more reliance on NIF funding to keep the doors open.
"In February 2017, DOD and NNSA representatives agreed to use the term “IW1” rather than “W78/88-1 LEP” to reflect that IW1 replaces capability rather than extending the life of current stockpile systems."
http://allthingsnuclear.org/syoung/the-ugly-post-3-of-the-nnsas-fy2018-budget-request
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Inoperable Warhead 1. Just what the country needs.
Inoperable Warhead 1. Just what the country needs.
June 10, 2017 at 2:27 AM
The beauty of of it is that no one will ever know without a nuclear test. Trump's fake nuclear weapons.
So what makes IW1 different from the Reliable Replacment Warhead (RRW) that was scuttled by the powers that be?
The Frankenbomb lives! It's alive!
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