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
"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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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.