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NPR’s New Nuke SLCM May Not Be Submarine-Launched

NPR’s New Nuke SLCM May Not Be Submarine-Launched
Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

The Defense Department has not yet decided what platform would launch the new nuclear- armed sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM) the administration is seeking in the recent nuclear posture review (NPR), the head of U.S. Strategic Command said on Friday.Air Force Gen. John Hyten said the Pentagon’s FY ’19 budget request has a tasking to look at platforms that would hold the new SLCM. He highlighted the NPR does not say what platform would carry the SLCM “because we want to…

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