The good news for the program is that it has surmounted earlier reliability problems and now looks to be by far the best amphibious warfighting vehicle ever built.

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"Without a robust and complete surveillance testing program, the department's ability to assess the reliability of some nuclear weapons is at risk, " Friedman wrote.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

The offence includes actions that prevent or hinder access to any program or data held on a computer or affect the reliability of its data.

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We have allowed a steady decline in investment in the science-based Stockpile Stewardship Program that promised to assure the safety, effectiveness and reliability of our nuclear weapons in the absence of below-ground tests.

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O'Leary used her four-year tenure as Secretary of Energy to undermine public confidence in the U.S. nuclear weapons program even as she systematically acted -- through policy decisions, budgetary actions and programmatic steps -- to jeopardize that program's ability over time to maintain the safety, reliability and credibility of the Nation's nuclear deterrent.

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Dr. Barker explained the assumptions behind the Clinton Administration's current Stockpile Stewardship Management Program (SSMP) and its adequacy as an alternative to nuclear testing in assuring the future safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

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