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LRSO in the news • General information • Photos • Useful resources
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Long-Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) in the news
– New Cruise Missiles to Cost $11 Billion, Arms Control Association, Sep 2, 2016
– Why America's Military Needs a New Nuclear-Armed Cruise Missile, The National Interest, Aug 10, 2016
– SecAf James Defends GBSD, LRSO, Breaking Defense, Aug 4, 2016
– Air Force seeks new land-based and air-launched nukes, Albuquerque Journal, Jul 29, 2016
– Air Force releases request for proposal for the replacement to the nuclear air launched cruise missile, KAFB, Jul 29, 2016
– White House Mulls Big Nuclear Policy Changes, and Lawmakers Speak Up, Defense News, Jul 26, 2016
– Senators Urge Obama To Cancel Nuclear Cruise Missile, Defense News, Jul 21, 2016
– Three Reasons Why the U.S. Needs a Replacement Nuclear Cruise Missile, Real Clear Defense, Jul 6, 2016
– Corker, McCain: Don't Quit On Nuke Modernization, Defense News, Jun 27, 2016
– After Nuclear Missile Loss, Dems Vow to Keep Fighting, Defense News, Jun 25, 2016
– New Nuclear Weapon’s Cost, Klotz, The New York Times, Jun 23, 2016
– A Nuclear Weapon That America Doesn’t Need, Feinstein & Tauscher, The New York Times, Jun 17, 2016
– Why the United States Needs an LRSO Capability, The Heritage Foundation, Jun 17, 2016
– America Already Has More Than Enough Nuclear Missiles, Foreign Policy, Jun 17, 2016
– Two US Nuke Programs Set to Advance, Defense News, Jun 16, 2016
– Nuclear Cruise Missile Survives Challenge in House, Defense News, Jun 16, 2016
– Analysts: It’s Time for a Reexamination of Nuclear Weapons Requirements, National Defense, National Defense, Jun 13, 2016
– Examining the Flawed Rationale for a New Nuclear Air-Launched Cruise Missile, Arms Control Association, Vol 8, Iss 2, Jun 12, 2016
– LRSO Does Not Make Sense, nor Do Its Proposed Numbers, Defense News, May 26, 2016
– Does the US Need Air-Launched, Nuclear-Armed Cruise Missiles?, Scout.com, May 12, 2016
– On Cruise Missiles and White Elephants, War on the Rocks, May 9, 2016
– Kendall’s Telling Mistake on the LRSO, Union of Concerned Scientists, May 4, 2016
– Why America Needs the Lethal Long-Range Standoff Cruise Missile, National Interest.com, Apr 18, 2016
– Cruise Control: Why the U.S. Should Not Buy a New Nuclear Air-Launched Cruise Missile, War on the Rocks, Mar 21, 2016
– Is the Pentagon's Budget About To Be Nuked?, Defense News, Feb 5, 2016
– A Nuclear Weapon the U.S. Doesn't Need, Bloomberg View, Feb 1, 2016
– Barack Obama’s administration, which began with a vision to get rid of nuclear weapons, has a trillion-dollar plan to renew them, The Economist, Jan 23, 2016
– Just How New is the New, Nuclear-armed Cruise Missile?, Union of Concerned Scientists, Jan 13, 2016
– Commentary: US Is More Secure Without New, Nuclear-armed Cruise Missile, Defense News, Jan 13, 2016
– Mr. President, Kill the New Cruise Missile, Perry & Weber, The Washington Post, Oct 15, 2015
– W80-4: Sandia California works on nuclear weapon Life Extension Program, Sandia.gov, Oct 15, 2015
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Cruise Missiles - general information
– GAM-77/AGM-28 Hound Dog Missile Historical Snapshot, Boeing.com (14 Jul 2016)
– AGM-86 Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile,
Military.com (14 Jul 2016)
– AGM-86 ALCM, MissileThreat.com (14 Jul 2016)
– AGM-86B/C/D Missiles, U.S. Air Force, May 24,2010
– AGM-86B ALCM Air-launched cruise missile, MilitaryToday.com (14 Jul 2016)
– AGM-86 Air-Launched Cruise Missile [ALCM], Federation of American Scientists, Aug 14, 2000
– AGM-129 ACM Advanced Cruise Missile, MissileThreat.com (14 Jul 2016)
– AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missile [ACM], Weapons of Mass Destruction, GlobalSecurity.org (14 Jul 2016)
– Cruise missile (AGM-129) career comes to close, Tinker Air Force Base, Apr 24, 2012
– AGM-158A/-B (JASSM/JASSM-ER), MissileThreat.com (14 Jul 2016)
– About the AGM-158 JASSM, Aeroweb, Oct 26, 2015
– Lockheed Martin AGM-158 JASSM, Directory of US Military Rockets and Missiles, Designation-Systems.net (14 Jul 2016)
– AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile), United States of America, AirforceTechnology.com (14 Jul 2016)
– AGM-158 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), Federation of American Scientists,- Feb 17, 2015
– AGM-158 JASSM: Lockheed’s Family of Stealthy Cruise Missiles, Defense Industry Daily, Mar 7, 2016
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A few photos
Hound Dog AGM-28 on display at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, Albuquerque, NM, photo: Los Alamos Study Group
An AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile in flight (1980), wikipedia.org (14 Jul 2016)
DAYTON, Ohio -- General Dynamics AGM-129A Advanced Cruise Missile (ACM) at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
USAF AGM-158, JASSM-ER missile, MissileThreat.com (14 Jul 2016)
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Resources
Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists
– Questions about the Nuclear Cruise Missile Mission, Mar 25, 2016
– Forget LRSO; JASSM-ER Can Do the Job, Dec 16, 2015
– LRSO: The Nuclear Cruise Missile Mission, Oct 20, 2015 (updated Jan 26, 2016)
– W80-1 Warhead Selected For New Nuclear Cruise Missile, Oct 10, 2014
– B-2 Stealth Bomber To Carry New Nuclear Cruise Missile, Apr 22, 2013
– US Air Force Decides to Retire Advanced Cruise Missile, Mar 7, 2007
Other resources
– House Strategic Forces Subcommittee Hearing on President Obama's Nuclear Deterrent Modernization Plans & Budgets: The Military Requirements, Jul 14, 2016
– Senate Energy & Water Subcommittee Hearing to Review Budget Requirements & Justification for the Nuclear Cruise Missile, Jul 13, 2016
– Letters from Congress to the Administration for and against cutting the LRSO & other possible last-minute Administration initiatives in nuclear weapons policy
- Letter from Senators Markey, Feinstein, et.al. to President Obama addressing nuclear modernization, Jul 21, 2016
- Letter from Representatives Van Hollen, Smith, et.al. to President Obama addressing nuclear modernization, Jul 20, 2016
- Letter from Senators Hoven, Tester, et.al. to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter addressing nuclear modernization, Jul 8, 2016
- Letter from Senators McCain & Corker to President Obama addressing nuclear modernization, Jun 17, 2016
- Letter from Senators Markey, Feinstein, Sanders, et.al. to President Obama about new ALCM, Dec 15, 2015
– Milestone Overview, acqnotes.com (accessed: Jul 14, 2016)
– Rep. Mike Quigley, Illinois, introduced an amendment to the DoD Appropriations Act 2017 to reduce funding for the Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) by $75,802,000 and to apply the savings to the spending reduction account, Jun 15, 2016
– Quigley amendment failed by recorded vote 159 - 261, Jun 16, 2016
– Text of Quigley amendment & discussion
– “U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues,” Congressional Research Service, Federation of American Scientists, pp 32-34, Mar 10, 2016
– “Report to Congress on the Number of LRSO,” Union of Concerned Scientists, Mar 07, 2016
– “The New Nuclear-Armed Cruise Missile. Unneeded and Destabilizing," Union of Concerned Scientists, Feb 2016
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