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Nuclear Modernization

Low-yield SLBM Ban Could Stop ‘Nitwit’ From Starting Nuclear War, HASC Chair Says

Monday, June 10th, 2019

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Low-yield SLBM Ban Could Stop ‘Nitwit’ From Starting Nuclear War, HASC Chair Says

Trident II missile being deployed. (Photo: DoD).

Banning a low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic-missile warhead could stop “some nitwit at the Pentagon” from attempting to fight a nuclear war, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), chair of the House Armed Services Committee, said Monday at a Washington nonprofit. It remains unclear how far Smith is willing to go to get the low-yield warhead, dubbed the W76-2, banned. The Smith-authored draft National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) due for a committee vote Wednesday would not authorize the roughly $19.5 million the Navy requested…

Budget

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