New Threat Assessment Highlights Land-Based Cruise Missile Proliferation

By Gabe Starosta / July 10, 2013 at 5:59 PM
A new assessment of international ballistic and cruise missile threats compiled by a trio of Defense Department intelligence organizations warns that the danger to the United States of a land-based cruise missile attack is growing because of the increasing proliferation of those weapons. The report also finds that China is likely to more directly challenge the United States with its nuclear capabilities in the coming years as it gets ready to field a new submarine-launched ballistic missile and expand its...

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