Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

Low-Yield Nuclear SLCM Might Wait Until After Other Missile, Pentagon Official Says

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Peter J. Fanta, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Nuclear Matters), poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Mar 27, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King)

ARLINGTON, Va. — It could take a decade to build the low-yield, nuclear-tipped, sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM) demanded by the Donald Trump administration, and development might not start until the Pentagon finishes a separate nuclear missile, a senior Defense…

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