The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee wants to grant the Air Force's wish to boost funding for its nuclear missile modernization programs, which the service included in its fiscal year 2019 unfunded requirements list submitted to Congress earlier this year. A summary of committee Chairman Mac Thornberry's (R-TX) mark of the FY-19 defense policy bill, prepared by Democratic staff and released May 4, proposes adding $154 million for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent and Long-Range Standoff Weapon and includes...
