The Biden admin wants to scrap development of a nuclear cruise missile. The nation’s top military officer doesn't agree.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley listens during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesThe nation’s top military officer on Tuesday told lawmakers that he still supports the development of a nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile that the Biden administration wants to cancel.
Milley told the House Armed Services Committee that his advice to the commander in chief would stay private, but said his views on the cruise missile, known as the SLCM-N, and low-yield nuclear weapons “have not” changed. Milley has previously backed new weapons proposed by the Trump administration’s 2018 nuclear blueprint. During his 2019 confirmation process, Milley
Though the administration is requesting billions to overhaul each leg of the nuclear triad, the budget proposed slashing funding to develop the cruise missile, which is one of two new weapons the Trump administration proposed adding to the inventory in its 2018 Nuclear Posture Review. The other was a sub-launched low-yield ballistic missile that has already entered the fleet., noted that Adm. Charles Richard, head of U.S. Strategic Command, sent lawmakers a letter recommending the weapon. Gen.
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