House appropriators want the Navy to keep five Littoral Combat Ships but will allow the service to decommission four, according to text of the Fiscal Year 2023 defense spending bill. The legislation, released today by the House Appropriations Committee, would complicate the Navy’s plans to decommission nine Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships next year. The bill […]
Top Pentagon officials have revealed their support of a sea-launched cruise missile nuclear development program that will be axed in the latest budget proposal.
Eight hulking Ohio-class nuclear attack submarines, each armed with a spectrum of nuclear weapons, call Naval Base Kitsap home. The warheads these subs carry make Washington state host to the globe’s third-largest arsenal of deployed nuclear weapons.
STRATCOM head Gen. Chas Richard said he's "very concerned" about "opportunistic aggression" with regards to China and Russia. He also noted the government has whiffed on its plutonium pit production goal.
Missile Defense Agency pushes back, pointing Breaking Defense to positive report from Pentagon tester, laudatory comments from senior military officials and recent test wins.