Jun 8, 2021
Press Release
Washington, DC - U.S Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL) and U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), the Ranking Members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, released a statement expressing deep concern following reports that the Acting Secretary of the Navy plans to cancel a Nuclear Sea Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N). A decision that comes after submission of the FY22 budget and before the completion of a Nuclear Posture Review (NPR).
“Reports that an Acting Secretary of the Navy would cancel a new Nuclear Sea Launched Cruise Missile after submission of the FY22 budget, and before a Nuclear Posture Review has been started — much less completed — is bewildering and short-sighted,” Rogers and Inhofe said. “The Biden administration has decided to project weakness ahead of a summit with Vladimir Putin – another gift to our adversaries. We have serious questions for senior Pentagon leaders on this reported decision and how it was reached.”
“Reports that an Acting Secretary of the Navy would cancel a new Nuclear Sea Launched Cruise Missile after submission of the FY22 budget, and before a Nuclear Posture Review has been started — much less completed — is bewildering and short-sighted,” Rogers and Inhofe said. “The Biden administration has decided to project weakness ahead of a summit with Vladimir Putin – another gift to our adversaries. We have serious questions for senior Pentagon leaders on this reported decision and how it was reached.”