(Image credit: Congressional Budget Office) The budget office lists rising costs attributed to the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program as a primary factor in the projected ...

The CBO attributed the difference to the higher costs of programs including developing and fielding the Sentinel ICBM, modernizing the Pentagon's nuclear command, control, communications and early ...

The 103-foot intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) inside once stood ready to launch with just 58 seconds notice, capable of reaching the Soviet Union in under 30 minutes. “This is the only ...

Ballistic missiles are rocket-propelled weapons that follow a high, arcing trajectory after being launched, delivering warheads to a target using unpowered flight. They are powered initially by ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “There is no such thing as an innocent map,” observes Philippe Rekacewicz in his catalogue essay that ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

The U.S. Air Force tests a Minuteman III ICBM in September 2023. Credit: U.S. Air Force The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is forecasting a sharp rise in the Pentagon’s spending to maintain ...

April 24 (UPI) --The United States Army announced Thursday that it will call its new long-range hypersonic weapon "Dark Eagle." Dark Eagle is intended to be a quick-response, strategic-attack ...

A USAF Strategic Air Command document written for ICBM manufacturer Boeing and released via FOIA seems to confirm the event, saying: 'All ten missiles in Echo Flight at Malmstrom lost [strategic ...

July 2016: The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), later named LGM-35A Sentinel, was announced, with the U.S. Air Force releasing a request for proposals for the next-generation nuclear ICBM ...