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LRSO (Supporters (ALCM is aging
40+ yrs old. diff to maintain, impossible…
LRSO
Supporters
ALCM is aging
40+ yrs old. diff to maintain, impossible to fly; won't fly much longer; was designed to last 10 years
No ALCM, B-52 not viable platform
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Needed to keep B-21 relevant in 15 to 20 years when air defenses develop ability to detect; Need to maintain ability to standoff and stand-in
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Nuclear-armed Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM-N) was retired without a replacement, so reduced options available
Cost imposing weapon
Compel nuclear adversaries to beef up defenses
Ex coldwar Soviets invested 100's of billions of dollars in air defenses rendered useless by stealth
Requirements
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mission to destroy densely overlapped air defense systems, clearing path for stealth bombers to penetrate enemy airspace
Detractors
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If flexibility as low-yield weapon, dangerous cause lowers threshold for use of nuke weapons and increases escalation to all-out nuke war
Former Sec Def William Perry, "the godfather of stealth and precision-guided weapons" authored op-ed in 2015 Washington Post with Andy Weber sayingwould be destabilizing to deterrnece
TMRR by LM and Raytheon
$900M each compared to $250M for GBSD
to ensure design that will be reliable and available in the field
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Domain Knowledge
Air-breathing missile
A missile with an engine requiring the intake of air for combustion of its fuel, as in a ramjet or turbojet. To be contrasted with the rocket missile, which carries its own oxidizer and can operate beyond the atmosphere.
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