Congress should finance the near-term development of the Navy's conventional Trident modification program as a prompt global strike capability, since no other mid- to long-range option can be created in the same time frame as the Trident effort, according to a new National Academies report. The study, released today, says the Pentagon should fully fund development, testing, and evaluation efforts for the Conventional Trident Modification (CTM) program "at a level sufficient to achieve early deployment" as part of an effort...
