Sub-Based Global Strike Weapon Reborn; Questions Remain -- Aol Defense
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is again looking to its submarine fleet to fill a long-standing desire for a Prompt Global Strike weapon.
The Navy will finance work on an "undersea conventional prompt global strike option" as part of its share of DoD's $525 billion budget request for Fiscal 2013, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said during today's press conference at the Pentagon. He did not go into detail on whether the weapon would be carried by the older Ohio-class submarines or the Virginia-class boats currently being built by the Navy. A PGS is a non-nuclear weapon designed to hit any target around the world within an hour. The only current weapons able to strike global targets that quickly are intercontinental nuclear missiles. Their numbers, range and warheads are strictly limited by various treaties, including the START treaties.
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