Inside the delicate art of maintaining America’s aging nuclear weapons

The U.S. will spend more than $750 billion over the next decade to overhaul nearly every part of its nuclear defenses and replace systems that in some cases are more than 50 years old.

By Tara Copp
September 21, 2023
Senior Airman Sarah Post/U.S. Air Force via AP
Tara Copp

Tara Copp is a Pentagon Correspondent at the Associated Press

 
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