Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
May 2015 - United States Special Weapons News
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- DoD Announces Comprehensive Review of DoD Laboratory Procedures, Processes, and Protocols Associated With Inactivating Spore-Forming Anthrax DoD 29 May 2015 -- After consulting with Secretary Carter, Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work ordered today a comprehensive review of DoD laboratory procedures, processes, and protocols associated with inactivating spore-forming anthrax.
- Pentagon Accidentally Sent Anthrax to US Labs, Overseas Base VOA 28 May 2015 -- Over two dozen people are undergoing precautionary treatment for anthrax after the U.S. military accidently shipped live samples of the deadly bacteria to civilian commercial labs in nine states and a military lab in South Korea.
- Pentagon: Live Anthrax Accidentally Sent to Labs in US, S Korea VOA 27 May 2015 -- The Pentagon said Wednesday that a U.S. military laboratory in the state of Utah accidentally sent live anthrax spores to civilian commercial labs in nine states and a military lab in South Korea.
- Congress Votes to Suspend Funds for US Implementation of New START Treaty Sputnik 15 May 2015 -- The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to withhold funding for the US implementation of the New START nuclear reduction agreement in the 2016 US National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), according to the US House record.
- US House Committee Proposes to Increase Nuclear Triad Modernization Funds Sputnik 13 May 2015 -- Over the next ten to fifteen years, the Navy and Air Force will spend over $100 billion each to modernize all three units of the nuclear triad: ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), nuclear-capable bombers, and land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
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