Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
October 2023 - United States Special Weapons News
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- Department of Defense Announces Pursuit of B61 Gravity Bomb Variant DoD 27 Oct 2023 -- Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced that the United States will pursue a modern variant of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, designated the B61-13, pending Congressional authorization and appropriation.
- Decade of Developments Changed DOD's Focus on Weapons of Mass Destruction DoD News 19 Oct 2023 -- Back in 2014, the Defense Department's strategy for countering weapons of mass destruction was focused largely on places like Iran, North Korea and a variety of violent extremist organizations. In 2023, the focus has changed to address new realities, said the department's assistant secretary of defense for space policy.
- Two Businessmen Charged for $1M Kickback Scheme Involving Nuclear Weapons Components US Dept. of Justice 19 Oct 2023 -- An indictment was unsealed today in Kansas City, Kansas, charging two businessmen for an alleged scheme to fraudulently steer and award subcontracts by a major engineering firm for work on nuclear weapons manufacturing projects for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC).
- ASD Space Policy Keynote Address for Brookings Panel on 2023 DoD Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Policy (As Prepared) DoD 18 Oct 2023
- DOD Celebrates Destruction of Its Last Chemical Agents DoD News 11 Oct 2023 -- On July 7, disposal experts destroyed the last remaining M55 rocket filled with deadly sarin nerve agent at a storage facility in Kentucky.
- Briefing by Chief of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov on the U.S. military-biological activity Russia MoD 09 Oct 2023 -- The Russian Defence Ministry continues the analysis of U.S. military biological activity on the territory of Ukraine and other states.
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