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Cruise Missile

Overview of U.S. Air-Launched Cruise Missiles
Research by Valentina Bellafante, Los Alamos Study Group Disarmament Fellow

LRSO in the news • General information • Photos • Useful resources

A few photos

HoundDog

Hound Dog AGM-28 on display at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, Albuquerque, NM, photo: Los Alamos Study Group

ALCM

An AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile in flight (1980), wikipedia.org (14 Jul 2016)

ACM

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)

JASSM

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

– 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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