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Pentagon Leaders Not Consulted On Acting SecNav’s Memo To Scrap Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, June 10th, 2021

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Pentagon Leaders Not Consulted On Acting SecNav’s Memo To Scrap Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

A Boeing AGM-86B (ALCM) on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo)

The top officials at the Pentagon told lawmakers Thursday they were not consulted on a memo from the acting Navy secretary that advised stopping development of a nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM). Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Army Gen. Mark Milley, the joint chiefs chairman, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that no such decision has been finalized and that any potential adjustment would be informed by the administration’s upcoming nuclear posture review. “I’m not familiar with the memo nor…

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