Pentagon reveals deal with Britain to replace Trident

[Lyneham Lad]

Being bounced into coming to a firm decision?

Article in The Guardian:-
MPs dismayed after US defence officials leak news of nuclear weapons deal before parliament is told (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/22/pentagon-gaffe-reveals-uk-deal-replace-trident-nuclear-weapon?CMP=share_btn_link)

[RAFEngO74to09]

Interesting detail in this transcript of the Commander US STRATCOM's statement to the US Senate Armed Services Committee on 13 Feb 20 here - huge developments under way now to modernize the US TRIAD and NC3:

https://www.stratcom.mil/Portals/8/Documents/2020_USSTRATCOM_Posture_Statement_SASC_Final.pdf

More official info here:

https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/budget

More press coverage here:

https://www.defensedaily.com/planned-w93-warhead-will-contribute-new-u-k-nuke-dod-officials-say/nuclear-modernization/

https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/will-the-united-states-develop-a-new-type-of-nuclear-warhead/

[Asturias56]

Sounds like synthetic reaction to me - after all there RN Is spending billions building new boats and the National Audit Office was banging on about cost overruns on the new warheads only a couple of weeks ago

[Whenurhappy]

Sounds like synthetic reaction to me - after all there RN Is spending billions building new boats and the National Audit Office was banging on about cost overruns on the new warheads only a couple of weeks ago
Not cost overruns on warhead production but the massive delays and cost increases on MENSA - the yet-to-be completed final Assembly/Disassembly facility at Burghfield. The rhinoceros in the room, however, is the huge technical and scientific overhead to develope, test and manufacture a new range of warheads.