As the White House works to secure a new treaty with Russia on nuclear force levels by the end of the year, Maj. Gen. Roger Burg, who oversees the nation’s land-based strategic deterrent as head of 20th Air Force, offered his perspective. “Just the same as you would do with any strategic capability, get your strategy right and then figure out what time and cost [are] required to support it,” he said Sept. 15 at AFA’s Air & Space Conference. Burg said it’s important not to make cost the independent variable that drives the strategy. “I think we can all understand the urgency of arms control agreements that are about to expire and new relationships that need to be built, but we have got to get the strategy right” first, he said.
The Air Force conducted its first successful test of the Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, on May 14, snapping a streak of three consecutive failed tests and giving the beleaguered hypersonics program a much needed boost. Off the coast of Southern California, the AGM-183A ARRW separated from the wing…