DOD Still Grappling With Ambiguity Issues Tied To Prompt Global Strike

摘要

With flight tests of prototype prompt global strike weapons set for this spring, Defense Department and service engineers face the growing challenge of preventing conventional PGS launches from being mistaken for nuclear weapons, according to a senior DOD official.rnWhen asked if issues concerning the potential misinterpretation of a CPGS launch continue to befuddle Pentagon and service personnel, the official replied, "Absolutely, and it is getting worse. But in operating a program like this, [DOD] will never let just one parameter dissolve something so important."