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"Sentinel’s Second Stage Test Results Show Digital Models Are Accurate: Officials"

  • 13 Aug 2025 04:13
    Message # 13531228


    https://www.airandspaceforces.com/sentinel-second-stage-test-results-digital-models/

    Aug. 12, 2025 | By John A. Tirpak

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    Gen. Thomas Bussiere, head of Air Force Global Strike Command, said in a recent interview with Air & Space Forces Magazine  that the restructure “will attempt to buy back some of the delay” in the program due to the overages in the civil engineering and communications effort, estimates of which had been as high as three years. He also said that “changes in the threat landscape”—including the upcoming end of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty—may require the Air Force to increase the number of warheads carried by the Minuteman and Sentinel. The Air Force “has the capability and the capacity” to do that, if required, he said.

    Air Force Secretary Troy E. Meink told the House Armed Services Committee on June 5 that Sentinel is one of his top three priorities, and “we’re doing everything we can to get it back on track.”

    The program calls for deploying 450 missiles that are expected to serve until 2075. The program also calls for 24 launch centers, and more than 100 pieces of specialized equipment for transporting, handling and servicing the Sentinel, as well as secondary command and control systems. The company says it is using more than 100 suppliers on the program.


    "Artist's concept of the the Sentinel ICBM's second stage lighting."

    Last modified: 13 Aug 2025 04:18 | Anonymous member

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