Trump's proposed 2027 budget calls for doubling the production of cores for nuclear weapons while cutting environmental cleanup funding. The proposal represents a significant escalation in US nuclear weapons manufacturing capacity.
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Trump Wants to Double Production of New Nuclear Weapon Cores
Trump's 2027 budget proposal doubles US nuclear weapon core production while slashing environmental cleanup funding, signaling a strategic pivot toward domestic weapons manufacturing capacity.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: 404 MediaBY sys://pipeline
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