The Bard in Green@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months agoWTF Is DOGE Doing in Department in Charge of Nuclear Weapons?newrepublic.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down10
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkWTF Is DOGE Doing in Department in Charge of Nuclear Weapons?newrepublic.comThe Bard in Green@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squarebrisklinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 months ago…Why is the Department of Energy responsible for nuclear weapons?
minus-squareForester@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·edit-24 months agoAlways has been. Since back when the department of defense was the department of war.
minus-squareastrsk@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 months agoThe management, production / refinement, and transportation of nuclear materials are entirely monitored and controlled by DoE so it stands to reason the weapons are too.
…Why is the Department of Energy responsible for nuclear weapons?
Always has been.
Since back when the department of defense was the department of war.
The management, production / refinement, and transportation of nuclear materials are entirely monitored and controlled by DoE so it stands to reason the weapons are too.