Former US Nuclear Chief: Trump’s Expansion Plan Overburdens Nuke Security Agency
The man who was in charge of building and maintaining the US’ nuclear arsenal from 2014 until early this year has criticized the Trump administration’s new nuclear policy, saying that the proposed programs will stretch his former agency too thin and weaken the US in the case of nuclear conflict.
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is a semiautonomous office of the Department of Energy, overseen by the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security. They are tasked with the development, oversight and safety of the United States' arsenal of nuclear warheads.
The controversial new draft of the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), a set of White House recommendations issued every eight years, calls for the construction or modification of low-yield nuclear warheads to attach to the US Navy's Trident submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).
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