In December, lawmakers appropriated $858 billion in national defense funding — $45 billion more than Biden sought. That included $817 billion for the Pentagon, and billions more for nuclear weapons development through the Energy Department and other national security programs.
This is the most wtf part of the article, why is the energy department dealing in nuclear weapons other than clear malfeasance?
I think the DoE regulates nuclear energy? So they could be indirectly involved in weapons research. (anything to do with the handling of fissile material, not 100% sure)
Weaponization of nuclear energy is a far different thing than nuclear materials and having any part of the weaponization under the department of energy is a huge red flag
This is the most wtf part of the article, why is the energy department dealing in nuclear weapons other than clear malfeasance?
This just proves my point, it was gross malfeasance over decades that created the current bureaucratic spread
I think the DoE regulates nuclear energy? So they could be indirectly involved in weapons research. (anything to do with the handling of fissile material, not 100% sure)
Weaponization of nuclear energy is a far different thing than nuclear materials and having any part of the weaponization under the department of energy is a huge red flag
Someone has to pay for all the stolen luggage.
Wasn't that because we were trying to bankrupt the Soviets?