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The National Interest on MSN23h
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 ...
Air Force Times on MSN3d
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 ...
Military.com1y
LGM-30 Minuteman III
The "L" in LGM is the Department of Defense designation for silo-launched; "G" means surface attack; "M" stands for guided missile, the 30 stands for the Minuteman series of missile and the G ...
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 ...
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 ...
Carful of Kids on MSN2d
Launch a Missile: Top Things to Do at the Minutemen Missile Site
In the middle of the 20th century, two missileers stood guard, hidden in plain sight as a part of the Cold War against the ...