The Air Force's next-generation nuclear missile program has blown its budget and hit serious delays. Here's how things went sideways.

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) The ...

If all goes according to plan, the Sentinel program will go operational in 2030 and serve through 2075. This year, America’s Minuteman III nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) will be ...

The U.S. Air Force will host a Sentinel Program Town Hall from 6 to 8 p.m., March 31, 2024, at Prairie High School in New Raymer, Colorado. The meeting aims to provide residents and landowners with ...

PROMONTORY — The United States Air Force and Northrop Grumman achieved a milestone last week in their efforts to modernize the land-based component of the country’s nuclear triad. According to an Air ...

At this point, trying to fix the Sentinel system may simply be a case of throwing good money after bad. America’s nuclear weapons arsenal is the last line of defense between the United States and a ...

The Air Force has developed planning documents for the transition from Minuteman III to Sentinel but has not developed a risk management plan. The transition was planned to begin in fiscal year 2025, ...