
The Air Force’s program to acquire a new fleet of nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles, which fast became a one-horse race that Northrop Grumman [NOC] won, is a model for the sort of procurement ethos that will help the U.S. acquire new weapons as fast as China, the commander of U.S. nuclear forces said Monday. “China can move fast, and in the end, we’re going to have to move equally as fast in order to pace that threat,” Adm. Charles Richard, commander…