Smith predicts 'tough fights' over planned nuke cuts

By Tony Bertuca / May 23, 2022 at 6:06 PM
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) said today he knows he's "100% lost" his previous battle to eliminate the ground-based leg of the U.S. nuclear triad but predicted there are still "tough fights" ahead in this year's defense policy bill when it comes President Biden's proposed termination of a developmental submarine-launched cruise missile and the retirement of the B-83 megaton gravity bomb. Smith, speaking at the Center for Foreign Policy in Washington, said he supports President Biden’s plan...

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