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Title: Pentagon planning two new nuclear weapons: report
Post by: rangerrebew on January 18, 2018, 11:41:04 am

Pentagon planning two new nuclear weapons: report
By Max Greenwood - 01/16/18 08:36 AM EST



The U.S. is planning to develop two new nuclear weapons, including a "low yield" warhead, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

That low-yield warhead would be used with the Trident missile, a rocket deployed on U.S. Navy submarines, according to the Journal.

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/369092-pentagon-planning-two-new-nuclear-weapons-report (http://thehill.com/policy/defense/369092-pentagon-planning-two-new-nuclear-weapons-report)