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STRATCOM Examining Accelerating, Increasing LRSO Buy in Overall Look at Portfolio

STRATCOM Examining Accelerating, Increasing LRSO Buy in Overall Look at Portfolio
Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center program managers and engineers toured the construction site for a new weapons generation facility (WGF) at F. E. Warren AFB, Wyo. on May 17, 2022--what is to be the first-of-its-kind WGF built by the Air Force and scheduled for completion by July next year (U.S. Air Force Photo)

As part of a look at the entire nuclear weapons portfolio, U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) is considering requirements for accelerating and increasing the buy of the U.S. Air Force AGM-181 Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) by RTX [RTX] beyond the 1,087 nuclear-tipped cruise missile LRSOs planned, STRATCOM head Gen. Anthony Cotton told the Nuclear Deterrence Summit in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 2. Asked whether the command was examining those options, given Russian President Vladimir Putin's posturing about using low-yield nuclear…

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