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House Committee’s Draft NDAA Would Slow GBSD

House Committee’s Draft NDAA Would Slow GBSD
Air Force Global Stroke Command airmen from the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base test launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Photo: U.S. Air Force.

A draft National Defense Authorization Act due for a committee vote on Wednesday makes good on House Democrats’ promise to slow procurement of next-generation, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. The draft National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would authorize less funding than requested for the program, and also calls on the Air Force to commission an independent study about extending the existing silo-launched, intercontinental ballistic missile fleet through 2050: something that, if possible, could short-circuit procurement of the replacement missiles entirely. “The…

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