The need to develop a non-nuclear weapon capable of striking worldwide targets in under an hour won't go away regardless of how the Pentagon budget is cut over the next few years, the head of U.S. Strategic Command said Wednesday. Gen. Robert Kehler told reporters that the Conventional Prompt Global Strike concept is designed to respond to an "extremely high-value, time-critical target" that could pop up in a location where other forces aren't available to respond. The only weapon in...
