House authorizers want to fence off 25 percent of the money for a system designed to strike worldwide targets in under an hour using non-nuclear weapons until senior defense leaders can provide details on whether such a program is a priority and if the proposed time table works. The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, in its mark-up of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill released this week, prohibits the Pentagon from spending more than 75 percent of the...
