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The National Interest on MSN19h
The Air Force’s New Sentinel ICBMs Are Facing a Silo Shortage
“ The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman Corporation completed a full-scale qualification static fire test of the Sentinel ...
Defense News on MSN2d
Sentinel nuclear missiles will need new silos, Air Force says
The Sentinel ICBM program is already alarmingly over budget, and trying to reuse 55-year-old Minuteman III silos would put it ...
The Aviationist on MSN2d
Sentinel ICBM Likely to Require New Silos, Pushing Costs Even Higher
The troubled LGM-35 Sentinel ICBM program hit another hurdle as new assessments reveal a previous plan to re-use LGM-30 ...
US just scrapped 450 nuclear missile silos, the reason is cost
The US Air Force will construct new silos for its Sentinel ICBMs. This decision reverses the initial plan to upgrade existing ...
US nuclear force costs projected to soar to $946 billion through 2034, CBO says
The costs of operating and modernizing America's nuclear forces through 2034 are projected to soar to $946 billion, 25% ...
Defense One3d
Sentinel ICBM program needs brand-new silos, Air Force says
The Air Force has to dig new silos for its Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program, instead of reusing Minuteman ...
Air Force Times3d
Sentinel nuclear missiles will need new silos, Air Force says
The Air Force hoped to reuse existing silos for Minuteman III nuclear missiles for the upcoming Sentinel program, but has concluded it will have to dig new silos. (A1C Braydon Williams/Air Force ...