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Wednesday’s Roll-up of Missile Items: Conventional TRIDENT gets the axe

February 7th, 2007 No Comments

Press Report:
No Conventional TRIDENT: Defense News, February 1, 2007. Pressure from Capitol Hill has derailed Pentagon plans to refit nuclear-tipped Trident missiles with conventional warheads, which will force the U.S. military to seek more expensive ways to perform the prompt global strike (PGS) mission. Lawmakers worry that placing conventional warheads on the Tridents could [...]

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