The Pentagon has determined the Defense Department needs every nuclear Air-Launched Cruise Missile it has left in the inventory, signifying the end of its efforts to convert ALCMs to conventional weapons, a senior Air Force official said today. "ALCM is a very good carrier, and the decision was made that we are not going to convert at this time -- the ALCMs that we have will stay ALCMs," the senior official said at a Capitol Hill breakfast briefing. The conventionally...
