{"id":44344,"date":"2018-07-24T19:31:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T19:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/24\/tactical-nuclear-weapon-launches-into-development-with-pentagon-policy-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:22:22","slug":"tactical-nuclear-weapon-launches-into-development-with-pentagon-policy-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/07\/24\/tactical-nuclear-weapon-launches-into-development-with-pentagon-policy-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Tactical nuclear weapon launches into development with Pentagon policy bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Trump administration is poised to get congressional authorization to start building a controversial new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/05\/10\/dems-target-low-yield-nukes-but-hasc-approves-trump-plans-on-party-lines\/\" target=_blank>submarine-launched low-yield nuclear weapon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate and House came together Monday on a $716 billion defense authorization report that authorizes $65 million to develop the weapon, aimed at deterring Russia, according to the bicameral compromise conference report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The requirement for the weapon \u2014 likely to be a submarine-launched Trident II D5 with a W76-2 warhead \u2014 is part of the administration\u2019s Nuclear Posture Review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report for the sweeping 2019 National Defense Authorization Act is expected to come to a vote in the House this week and the Senate next week. The annual must-pass bill covers military hardware, personnel and a wide swath of hot-button national security issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a minor win for opponents of the new weapon, the energy secretary would not be able to reprogram money to begin a nuclear weapons program or begin a new phase of a nuclear weapons program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Low-yield nuclear weapons per 2004 law need special authorization from Congress, but the new legislation would make them equivalent to other nuclear weapons, with the same authorization requirements. That\u2019s a win for W76-2 advocates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s the latest move in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/06\/14\/us-senators-grapple-with-new-sub-launched-nuke\/\" target=\"_blank\">mostly partisan battle<\/a> that saw the Senate Appropriations Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/06\/28\/senate-spending-bill-could-slow-sub-launched-nuke\/\" target=\"_blank\">approve<\/a> a Pentagon spending bill with language to order more study before the weapon can be developed. The fate of the larger bill was unclear as of Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressional Republicans and the Pentagon are advocating for the systems to deter Russia from using its own arsenal of low-yield nuclear weapons. 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