A Congressional Budget Office report projects that plans to modernize, operate and maintain U.S. nuclear forces as stated in the fiscal 2023 budget requests of the departments of Defense and Energy would
MoreA report from a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory center says the two-peer problem posed by Russia and China calls for the U.S. to reassess its nuclear deterrence strategy and practices. The study
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The U.S. Air Force has begun seeking industry input on its plans to award a contract for the development of a next-generation reentry vehicle for the service branch’s Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., and three other congressional members have issued a statement highlighting the need for the U.S. to strengthen its nuclear force posture and increase its
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Air Force Global Strike Command held a test launch for an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile carrying reentry vehicles to showcase U.S. nuclear forces preparedness and nuclear deterrent lethality and effectiveness.
MoreA joint team of service personnel from the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy conducted on Tuesday a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from an
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The Department of the Air Force has officially named its Ground Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile system the LGM-35A Sentinel. The Sentinel is set to replace the Minuteman III ICBM system
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The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) has partnered with contractor Sabel Systems to establish a hub that consolidates and manages data for the Minuteman III program. The Teamcenter hub brings the opportunity
MoreThe Department of the Air Force has released an environmental assessment of the efforts to modernize the U.S. military's intercontinental ballistic missile. The Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) test program's final environmental assessment
MoreThe Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully intercepted a Northrop Grumman Corporation built Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target that was launched during a flight test from the Reagan Test Site in the Kwajalein
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