The ability to model the performance of nuclear weapons using the new experimental data and past data from the days of nuclear testing is essential to maintaining the nuclear weapons stockpile, safely, securely, and reliably into the future.
Senator Nelson emphasizes the importance of computational modeling for nuclear weapons maintenance.
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The greatest future enhancement for both Homeland and regional defense in the next 10 years is the development of the PTSS satellites, which will provide fire-control quality track data of raids of hostile ballistic missiles over their…
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