The Trump administration wants two new, sea-launched nuclear weapons — and looser rules for using them. Experts say the new nuclear policy could make atomic war more likely.
The Nuclear Posture Review, which leaked to the press in mid-January 2018, calls for a new sea-launched cruise missile, or SLCM, and a lower-yield submarine-launched ballistic missile, or SLBM. The cruise missile could be the first new nuclear weapon the United States has developed since the early 1980s.
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