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Nuclear Modernization

Dems’ House Victory Paints Target on Nuclear Modernization and Low-Yield Warhead

Wednesday, November 7th, 2018

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Dems’ House Victory Paints Target on Nuclear Modernization and Low-Yield Warhead

Close up illustration of atomic particle for nuclear energy imagery

Having won control of the House of Representatives for the upcoming 116th Congress, Democrats are likely to heighten scrutiny of the nuclear arsenal modernization regime and paint a big target on the back of the low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic missile authorized this year.In the past few months, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), likely chair of the House Armed Services Committee starting in January, has argued publicly that the U.S. nuclear arsenal on the whole could use a haircut.“The bottom line is, we can get…

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