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U.S. Air Force Holds Critical Design Review for LRSO

U.S. Air Force Holds Critical Design Review for LRSO
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. John Newberry (left), commander, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC), and Gen. Duke. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, discuss the day’s itinerary on Aug. 29, 2022, in the AFNWC command section at Kirtland AFB, N.M.. Richardson was briefed on the AFNWC mission and the center’s role in modernizing two legs of the U.S. nuclear triad during his tour of AFMC units and other locations around the Air Force Global Strike Command base (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force said that it conducted a Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Raytheon Technologies [RTX] AGM-181 Long Range Stand-Off (LRSO) nuclear-tipped cruise missile on Feb. 27-March 2 at Eglin AFB, Fla. As of June 2021, the Air Force planned to buy 1,087 LRSOs--67 for development and 1,020 in procurement--at a unit cost of $13.3 million, per the Government Accountability Office Weapon Systems Annual Assessment last June. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is to provide the W80-4 warhead for…

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