B61-12 and W88 Alt-370 Delays Will Cost Up to $850M; W80-4, W87-1 Programs to Foot Bill

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It will cost a combined $850 million or so to replace commercial capacitors unsuitable for use with a refurbished nuclear gravity bomb and submarine-launched warhead, a senior National Nuclear Security Administration official told lawmakers. For the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb, an ongoing homogenization of four different versions of the oldest deployed nuclear weapon, the costs will range from between $600 million to $700 million, Charles Verdon, deputy administrator for defense programs for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), said Wednesday at a hearing of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee.