by Dave Majumdar
A group of arms control experts is urging Senators to vote for an amendment to the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that would prohibit the Pentagon from developing a new ground launched cruise missile in contravention of the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty of 1987.
“We write to urge you to co-sponsor and support amendment number 984 filed by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Mike Lee (R-UT) to revise section 1635 of the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act to prohibit the use of funds to begin development of a new, ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM) until the Secretary of Defense submits a report on the rationale for and implications of such a weapon,” reads the letter, which was signed by more than a dozen arms control advocates and former U.S. government officials on Sept. 13.
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