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US Navy Awards $743.6 Million Contract for Nuclear Missile Program
Original: US Navy Awards US$743.6 Million for Submarine Nuclear Missile to Deter Russia and China
The US Navy has awarded a contract worth US$743.6 million for a submarine-launched nuclear missile, a weapons system intended to deter Russia and China. The award covers work on the strategic missile carried by American ballistic missile submarines, a core leg of the US nuclear triad. The move comes as Washington continues to modernise its nuclear forces amid renewed great-power competition.
Why now: The large contract award lands amid rising US-China and US-Russia tensions and renewed focus on nuclear deterrence.
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