House appropriators today moved to fully fund the Pentagon program intended to replace the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, while House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA), a longtime critic of the program, said lawmakers would not seek to "kill" it. The House Appropriations defense subcommittee intends to fully fund the Pentagon's request for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, proposing $2.5 billion for it in fiscal year 2022, according to draft defense spending legislation . The Pentagon in September 2020...
