STRATCOM chief aims to accelerate all nuclear modernization programs

By Justin Doubleday / June 20, 2017 at 1:31 PM
The head of U.S. Strategic Command said he's applying pressure on all nuclear modernization efforts to make those programs move faster than currently scheduled. Speaking to reporters following a June 20 Air Force Association breakfast on Capitol Hill, Air Force Gen. John Hyten was asked what he would do to accelerate the Long Range Standoff cruise missile program. While he deferred specifics on that program to the Air Force, Hyten said he is working to speed up all nuclear modernization...

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