U.s. Developing New Non-nuclear Missiles

U.S. developing new non-nuclear missiles

As the White House pushes for cuts in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, the Pentagon is developing a weapon to help fill the gap: missiles armed with conventional warheads that could strike anywhere in the world in less than an hour.

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