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Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Cancel Sea-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile, Low-Yield Warhead

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Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Cancel Sea-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile, Low-Yield Warhead
The Virginia-class submarine future USS Delaware (SSN-791) at sea for sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug, 31, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) introduced a bill Thursday to cancel development of a new sea-launched cruise missile (N-SLCM) along with its low-yield nuclear warhead. The pair of Democratic lawmakers called the program, initiated during the Trump administration, “redundant and expensive” and said it would unnecessarily divert funds that could be used for higher priority naval modernization efforts. “The Trump-era program to arm our naval vessels with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles is not only reckless, it’s…

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