{"id":44244,"date":"2019-06-13T01:49:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T01:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/13\/low-yield-nukes-lose-partisan-fight-in-hasc-ndaa-markup\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:27:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:27:26","slug":"low-yield-nukes-lose-partisan-fight-in-hasc-ndaa-markup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/06\/13\/low-yield-nukes-lose-partisan-fight-in-hasc-ndaa-markup\/","title":{"rendered":"Low-yield nukes lose partisan fight in House committee\u2019s NDAA markup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday rejected a series of Republican amendments aimed at preserving funds for the nuclear arsenal, including one to protect deployment of low-yield nuclear weapons on submarines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During its markup of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/06\/12\/lawmakers-push-and-pull-over-750b-ndaa-top-line-at-hasc-markup\/\" target=_blank>2020 National Defense Authorization Act<\/a>, the panel sharply debated and then voted, largely along party lines, to reject the amendments. Democrats hold a 31-26 majority on the panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the language is likely to be a sticking point in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/11\/28\/inhofe-sets-collision-course-with-dems-on-defense-budget-nukes-and-transgender-troops\/\" target=_blank>negotiations<\/a> with the GOP-controlled Senate Armed Services Committee, if it survives scrutiny in the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans argued that the bill\u2019s language barring the deployment of the W76-2 submarine-launched low-yield nuclear missile equates to unilateral disarmament. They also said the bill wastes sunk costs to develop them and robs the U.S. of a proportionate response to a notional Russian attack using a tactical nuclear weapon. The weapons were ordered by the Trump administration\u2019s Nuclear Posture Review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy we would want to take away options for ourselves when our adversaries have options does not make sense to me,\u201d said the committee\u2019s ranking member, Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, who added it would be a bad idea to reverse course on the weapon now that it had been developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need to take a decision and move forward with it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/06\/04\/defense-policy-bill-opens-new-partisan-fight-over-americas-nuclear-arsenal\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/uss-missouri.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Defense policy bill opens new partisan fight over America\u2019s nuclear arsenal<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Over Republican objections, a Democratic-controlled House panel has advanced legislation to halt deployment of a new low-yield nuclear warhead and bar any withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Democrats countered that it\u2019s a greater deterrent to respond to a tactical nuclear strike with a higher yield weapon. Still, others argued an otherwise stealthy submarine would expose itself to attach should it launch such a missile, thus reducing the strategic value of the sea-based leg of the nuclear triad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we start mixing and matching the missiles these boats carry &#8230; how does the enemy discriminate on what\u2019s coming at them?\u201d said HASC Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Chairman Joe Courtney, D-Conn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Strategic Forces Subcommittee\u2019s ranking member, Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and the committee\u2019s chairman, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., tangled over whether lawmakers received enough information to make an informed decision. Smith said members knew enough to decide against \u201can acceptable nuclear war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you look at the W76-2, it\u2019s such a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction [of an] overall nuclear force, it\u2019s not even a rounding error. So to make this the be-all and end-all of our nuclear arsenal is misleading,\u201d said Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairman Jim Cooper, D-Tenn.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/05\/10\/dems-target-low-yield-nukes-but-hasc-approves-trump-plans-on-party-lines\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4181623.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Democrats target low-yield nukes, warn of slippery slope to \u2018nuclear war\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The House Armed Services Committee has rejected a series of Democratic amendments aimed at limiting the Trump administration\u2019s pursuit of low-yield nuclear weapons to match Russia.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats dealt Republicans a series of defeats on a series of their proposals. Chiefly, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the No. 3 Republican in the House, sponsored two separate amendments to protect low-yield nuclear weapons deployments, which both failed along party lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans won a few votes. Cheney successfully killed the bill\u2019s proposed study of whether the life of the current-generation intercontinental ballistic missile, the Minuteman III, could be extended through 2050. She also added language ordering a Defense Department study of how China might fit into a renewed New START Treaty on nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee rejected an amendment to preserve a requirement the Department of Energy make 80 plutonium pits \u2015 a nuclear bomb part \u2015 each year by the end of the next decade. The amendment, from Rep. 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