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US abandons new cruise missile program
The United States intends to abandon an expensive program to develop a new type of cruise missile. Instead, the focus is on deploying more ballistic missiles with small nuclear warheads on submarines.
According to the Nikkei newspaper, citing Pentagon sources. The high cost of development was the main reason for abandoning this program.
The source said the United States plans to deter Russia and China with small nuclear weapons.
