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Nuclear Modernization

Air Force Fires First Full-Scale Sentinel Solid Rocket Motor

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, March 6th, 2023

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Air Force Fires First Full-Scale Sentinel Solid Rocket Motor

Minuteman III missile

Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently completed the first full-scale static test of an LGM-35A Sentinel solid rocket motor at its test facility in Promontory, Utah, marking yet another milestone on the road to potentially flying an example of the next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile later this year. In partnership with the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, the stage-one motor test was completed on Thursday. Also called the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), Sentinel is set to replace the Air Force’s silo-based Minuteman…

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