Is the LANSCE upgrade necessary to maintain nuclear weapons?

What is the minimum number of tests, including the number of joint test assemblies (JTAs), that are needed in fiscal year 2010 and are all of these tests funded? If not, why not?

Mr. D'Agostino, how much would the full upgrade cost and how long would it take to complete?

You're going out to outside financing for a number of the buildings that you need. Why wouldn't you ask for a government line item?

How can you start the design of the new submarine if you don't know the outcome of the NPR?

the United States has maintained nuclear weapons for 17 years without explosive nuclear weapons testing. As one lab director recently said, 'we know how to do this.'

General Carpenter, what is the capability and purpose of the MOP and why is it being integrated on the B-2?

What happens to the LANSCE facility without the upgrade?

Do you want to take a stab at it?

We had some very serious problems at Air Force bases, on Air Force housing, with the result that, inside the fence, at the Air Force base, you could have private housing.

Mr. D'Agostino, the computational capabilities of all the labs have proved to be the real game changer for maintaining nuclear weapons in the absence of nuclear testing.