Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

Last Minuteman III decommissioned 2050 or later, W87 non-Sentinel test within year

By Photo of Sarah Salem

ARLINGTON, Va. — There will likely be a 15-year minimum overlap in silos between the Sentinel and the last Minuteman III, an Air Force Global Strike Command leader said here Monday.
“I think 15 years is probably an ambitious estimate,” Maj. Gen. Stacy Jo…

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Compromise reached on pit production suit environmental review

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Los Alamos’ plutonium pit production of 30 annually for Sentinel may have to wait beyond 2026

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NNSA “clear-eyed” about the work ahead on pits, acting boss says

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SRNS draws up master campus plan for Savannah River

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Doomsday clock ticks forward to 89 seconds to midnight for first time

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HII completes asset purchase of submarine metal fabricator

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Dems, Hawley reintroduce RECA bill in Senate

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Ex-DNFSB manager takes power industry job

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Senate narrowly confirms Hegseth as new secretary of defense

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