Integrated Nuclear Weapons Security Sys Dev

Abstract

The Enhanced Special Weapons effort supports the Nuclear Weapons Security (NWS) program and SSBN Escort mission. The policies and requirements regarding the safeguard of nuclear weapons within the Department of Defense is established by DoD S5210.41M. Within the Department of the Navy, nuclear weapons are limited to TRIDENT Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBM), either deployed aboard TRIDENT submarines or located landside at Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay or Naval Submarine Base, Bangor where missiles are assembled/disassembled, tested as well as repaired. The CNO has assigned SSP, the FBM program manager, with mission responsibility for the safeguard of FBM nuclear assets. More specifically, the mission includes landside and pier operations as well as transits to and from the dive point, each of which present challenges to personnel as well as existing technologies. This budget supports efforts directed at improving the current security technological baseline through a series of technology developments, tests, and studies focusing on land and in transit security requirements. Collectively, these efforts will improve countermeasure technologies addressing detection, delay, denial, and defeat.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 3158_0101221N_7_1319_PB_2023

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Readers

• Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security