Senate Appropriators Match NNSA Budget Request, Buck House by Including All W93, Sea-Launched W80-4

摘要

The National Nuclear Security Administration would essentially receive its 2022 budget request under a spending bill theSenate Appropriations Committee marked up Wednesday, matching the funding the full House approved last week.Unlike the House, however, Senate Appropriators approved the $72 million the Joe Biden administration sought for theplanned W93 submarine launched ballistic missile warhead and the $10 million the administration wanted for a sealaunchedvariant of the W80-4: a refurbished cruise missile warhead to be used on the Air Force’s Long Range Standoffweapon.