{"id":59528,"date":"2020-06-01T16:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/01\/initial-analysis-of-new-sub-launched-nuclear-cruise-missile-coming-shortly\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:24:33","slug":"initial-analysis-of-new-sub-launched-nuclear-cruise-missile-coming-shortly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/nuclear-arsenal\/2020\/06\/01\/initial-analysis-of-new-sub-launched-nuclear-cruise-missile-coming-shortly\/","title":{"rendered":"Initial analysis of new sub-launched nuclear cruise missile coming \u2018shortly\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=ab80c461-6f99-48be-90c1-95af734f8209\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-ab80c461-6f99-48be-90c1-95af734f8209.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At the Reagan National Defense Forum, Aaron Mehta gets an update on the NNSA&#8217;s work to modernize America&#8217;s nuclear stockpile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Pentagon is not seeing major delays \u201cat this time\u201d to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nuclear-arsenal\/2020\/02\/28\/stratcom-head-warns-us-near-nuclear-point-of-no-return\/\">nuclear warhead modernization efforts<\/a> in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a top nuclear official at the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Defense also hopes to \u201cshortly\u201d see initial results from an analysis of alternatives about a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nuclear-arsenal\/2020\/02\/21\/the-navys-new-nuclear-cruise-missile-starts-getting-real-next-year\/\">new nuclear submarine-launched cruise missile<\/a>, said Drew Walter, who is performing the duties of deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon is in the midst of a major modernization effort across its nuclear warheads and delivery systems. The Trump administration requested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/federal-budget\/2020\/02\/10\/trump-budget-requests-46-billion-for-nuclear-weapons-programs\/\">roughly $46 billion<\/a> in funding for nuclear programs in fiscal 2021, with the Pentagon projecting to spent at least $87 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nuclear-arsenal\/2020\/02\/04\/trumps-new-nuclear-weapon-has-been-deployed\/\">on its modernization<\/a> through FY25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That last figure does not include costs from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/01\/23\/in-nuclear-spending-fight-its-trump-allies-vs-white-house-budget-office\/\">National Nuclear Security Administration<\/a>, a semiautonomous branch of the Department of Energy that has oversight over America\u2019s nuclear arsenal, and which manages the development and production of the warheads.<\/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\/smr\/nuclear-arsenal\/2020\/02\/24\/inside-americas-newly-revealed-nuclear-ballistic-missile-warhead-of-the-future\/\" 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=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5363439.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\">Inside America\u2019s newly revealed nuclear ballistic missile warhead of the future<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The W93 would be the first new nuclear warhead design for America&#039;s military since the 1980s.<\/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\">NNSA \u201ctook pretty vigorous action back there in March to try and reduce the spread of the virus,\u201d said Walter, adding that since then the agency has \u201cbrought folks back, especially on key programs. I would say DoD \u2014 we helped them understand what we thought was critical from our side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted that the pandemic hit at a time when the Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas, was between production runs, having completed work on the W76-1 and -2 variants last year, which meant it was easier to avoid production disruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo at this time I\u2019m not seeing any indication there\u2019s going to be, you know, huge slowdowns on the warhead side \u2014 though, you know, small perturbations are certainly possible,\u201d Walter said at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nuclear-arsenal\/2020\/05\/26\/live-nuclear-testing-could-resume-in-months-if-needed-official-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">May 19 event<\/a> hosted by the Mitchell Institute. \u201cSo overall, I haven\u2019t heard of or seen any huge impacts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the department continues to move forward with its analysis on the SLCM-N, a new nuclear sub-launched cruise missile that came out of the 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2018\/02\/02\/the-us-could-be-getting-2-new-nuclear-capabilities-here-are-the-details\/\">Nuclear Posture Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInitial results are coming back shortly to help inform the [FY22 presidential budget request] build. We probably won\u2019t complete for some time after that, the [analysis of alternatives], but the initial results will help inform where we should be going,\u201d Walter 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\/smr\/nuclear-arsenal\/2019\/09\/25\/nuclear-warhead-programs-need-850m-fix-heres-how-the-government-plans-to-cover-it\/\" 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=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tident_Missile.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\">How a $5 part used to modernize nuclear warheads could cost $850 million to fix<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Delays to the B61-12 and W88 Alt 370 could cost taxpayers a lot of money, but the National Nuclear Security Administration has a plan.<\/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\">\u201cWe&#8217;ll have to review what the plans are and decide what warhead should be leveraged for it, whether that&#8217;s something different or something we already have, or something we modified from what we already had,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo we&#8217;ll see. We&#8217;ll see more in the future, and there&#8217;ll be discussions this fall about where and how it slots into the larger schedules.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February, a department official told Defense News on condition of anonymity that the Pentagon is still sorting how much money the program might cost, but pointed to the estimated price tag for the Long Range Standoff Weapon \u2014 or LRSO, a new air-launched cruise missile \u2014 as a rough estimate. That weapon is projected to cost the Defense Department about $8-9 billion on top of a similar amount for the National Nuclear Security Administration, which is charged with developing the warhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official added that the range will likely be somewhat longer than that of a conventional Tomahawk weapon, which has a range of about 1,250\u20132,500 kilometers. 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