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Friday, January 27, 2012

Sub-Based Global Strike Weapon Reborn; Questions Remain

Trident D5The Pentagon is again looking to its submarine fleet to fill a long-standing need for a prompt global strike weapon, according to the department's fiscal 2013 spending plan.

The Navy will finance development work on an "undersea conventional prompt global strike option" as part of its share of DoD's $525 billion budget request for FY-13, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said during today's press conference at the Pentagon.

He did not go into detail on whether the weapon would be carried by the older Ohio-class submarines or the Virginia-class boats currently being built by the Navy.

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