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Kelly Calls SLCM-N Program ‘Disruptive,’ STRATCOM Commander Disagrees

Sarah Salem

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) Wednesday told the commander of the Strategic Command Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton that he thinks adding a nuclear warhead to the nation’s submarines could be “disruptive” to the maritime program. A planned nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) would be deployed on the Virginia-class submarines and would include a variant of the W80-4 air-launched cruise missile warhead. The W80-4 is something that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is already working on. “One of my concerns…

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