Pakistan test-fired its first cruise missile today, according to an Associated Press report found in the Los Angeles Times. Named Babur, the missile could pack either nuclear or conventional warheads and cruise 310 miles.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall doesn’t see great value in trying to break the Sentinel ICBM program off as a separate budget item the way the Navy has with its ballistic-missile submarine program, saying such a move wouldn’t create any new money for the Air Force to spend on other…