Sub-launched nuclear cruise missile will need ‘an entirely new industrial base,’ warns Navy admiral

The guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) launches Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles in response to increased Iranian-backed Houthi malign behavior in the Red Sea on 12 January 2024. Image courtesy of MC1 Jonathan Word, USN and retrieved from Breaking Defense.

The Sea-Launched Cruise Missile – Nuclear (SLCM-N), a controversial nuclear weapon project initiated during President Trump’s first term, is encountering industrial realities that threaten to disrupt its tight timeline. VADM Johnny Wolfe, director of the Navy’s Strategic Systems Program (SSP), regards this new capability as a top and ambitious priority.

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