
A senator from an ICBM state wants the Air Force’s new Long Range Strike Bomber (LRSB) to be nuclear capable, or certified, as soon as it enters inventory. “We should be building a nuclear capability into the new bomber’s development cost and certification, not kicking that can down the road and threatening the future viability of the air-based leg of our triad,” Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) said Tuesday during a Peter Huessy Capitol Hill breakfast series event. Hoeven said it…