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Nuclear Modernization

Final 2024 NDAA Requires Development of Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, December 7th, 2023

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The agreed-upon conference report on the 2024 must-pass defense policy bill includes a requirement for the Defense Department and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to develop a nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile. As for funding levels, DoE nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons cleanup programs would be authorized for roughly the requested levels. Within three months of its passage, the Secretary of Defense is required to submit a report on establishing a program to develop the missile, often called the SLCM-N. The…

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