
Editor's note: This is an analysis produced by Defense Daily's reporting team. It’s clear that Boeing [BA], which designed, built and serviced every Minuteman missile since the venerable launcher became the backbone of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, does not like any of the options available to it under the Air Force’s current Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) procurement. That’s why the company quit the competition (Defense Daily, July 25, 2019) to build the next generation of nuclear-tipped, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM)…