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Nuclear Modernization

California Congressman Again Calls for Pause on GBSD

Monday, May 17th, 2021

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California Congressman Again Calls for Pause on GBSD

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. on Oct. 2, 2019. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), a reliable vote against the nuclear-modernization status quo in the House Armed Services Committee, told disarmament advocates Monday that the Biden administration should pause development of the next U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile. It was one of two steps Garamendi said President Joe Biden should take as part of the administration’s nuclear posture review — a comprehensive plan for U.S. nuclear forces that, a Pentagon official said last week, will start “soon” and run into the fall.…

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