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Pentagon estimates cost of new nuclear missiles at $95.8B

by Robert Burns
| October 19, 2020 1:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has raised to $95.8 billion the estimated cost of fielding a new fleet of land-based nuclear missiles to replace the Minuteman 3 arsenal that has operated continuously for 50 years, officials said Monday.

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