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May 1, 2021 MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Sen. John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, along with U.S. Air Force leaders and a bipartisan group of his Senate colleagues on Friday reviewed the dual nuclear missions of Minot Air Force Base. The officials included: – Gen. Charles Brown, U.S. Air Force chief of staff, who has now toured both Minot AFB and Grand Forks AFB in his first year as chief. – Gen. Timothy Ray, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command with headquarters at Barksdale AFB, La. – Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), chairma...
Transcript: The Path Forward: Modernizing the U.S. Army with Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville Washington Post Live MR. IGNATIUS: Welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m David Ignatius, a columnist for The Post. Today our guest is General James McConville, the U.S. Army chief of staff. Before that he was vice chief, and he’s served in a number of distinguished commands for the Army, including combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. We’re going to be talking today with General McConville about the future for the Army, the path forward as it thinks about moderni...
Toggle open close As part of its long-overdue effort to modernize the U.S. nuclear deterrent, the United States is developing the Long-Range Standoff weapon (LRSO) to maintain the ability of nuclear-capable bombers to hold targets in well-defended areas at risk. The LRSO will replace the Air Force’s current nuclear-armed, air-launched cruise missile (ALCM), the AGM-86B, which has been in service since 1982—and is becoming increasingly obsolete against enemy air defenses. The LRSO will play an important role in maintaining the nuclear triad because it will sustain the nuclear ALCM capabili...
>> reporter: good morning. general ray was chatted saying he is not sure about arming every veteran and giving weapons to recruiters. he sat down with us saying the remarks were misunderstood. >> what do we need to do to best protect them? we will look at every avenue new. arming them there are authority issues with that. another question asked do you think all shoulders should be armed on all instillations and i have critics. >> in tennessee a 21-year-old civilian can carry a weapon why was a marine or soldier without a weapon and vulnerable. >> when you wear this uniform you represent someth...