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House panel backs Trump plan for new low-yield nukes

By Travis J. Tritten
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House panel backs Trump plan for new low-yield nukes

The House Armed Services Committee voted Wednesday in support of the Trump administration plan to add new smaller nuclear weapons into the U.S. arsenal to counter Russia.

The party-line vote added authorization into a 2019 defense policy bill for the Pentagon to pursue new sea-based cruise missiles and lower-yield ballistic missiles launched from submarines.

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