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DoD Focus on Affordability, Conventional Mission In Bomber Review

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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic As officials continue analyzing the Defense Department's needs and options for a next-generation long-range strike portfolio, one top official said last week that the non- nuclear mission will be the primary focus for any new bomber program that emerges from the review. "This is focused largely, principally, almost exclusively, on the conventional mission," Principal Deputy Defense Undersecretary James Miller told reporters during a June 4 lunch in Washington. The legacy fleet of U.S. nuclear capable bombers has…

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