Why The New Energy Secretary Will Be Crucial To America’s Nuclear Weapons
Michael Ballaban
12/13/16 10:54amFiled to: Nukes
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A B-52 bomber, which is capable of delivering nuclear weapons. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force
Rick Perry, the Republican former governor of Texas, will be nominated to the be the next United States Secretary of Energy. If confirmed—which is likely—Perry will have a pivotal role in the defense world because he will be responsible for the next generation of American nuclear weapons.
Perry, who once infamously forgot that he actually wanted to completely dismantle the Department of Energy, will succeed Ernest Moniz, a physicist who at one point co-chaired the MIT Energy Research Council.
It might seem a little strange for a prominent physicist to be the current head of the U.S. Department of Energy, until you consider that the D.O.E. is responsible for the design, testing, and production of the American nuclear stockpile, under the guise of the National Nuclear Security Administration, which describes its goings-on thusly:
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