USAF: Speeding Up LRSO Would Increase Risk, Cost
Credit: The ALCM is the B-52H's primary nuclear weapon: U.S. Air Force
Despite troubles maintaining its old and shrinking inventory of Boeing AGM-86B air-launched cruise missiles (ALCMs), the U.S. Air Force says speeding up development and fielding of the follow-on Long-Range Standoff (LRSO) weapon is not the answer. The service’s in-house maintenance depot for the...
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