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Nuclear Modernization

GBSD Armored Against Treaty, Posture Changes, AF Officers Say

Monday, June 14th, 2021

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GBSD Armored Against Treaty, Posture Changes, AF Officers Say

An Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during a test Feb. 23 at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Air Force’s top nuclear procurement officer on Monday positioned the service’s effort to build its next nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile as a way to shore up the nuclear-industrial base for decades and create a weapon that arms control treaties can’t kill. The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), the first lot of which which prime Northrop Grumman [NOC] is building under a $13-billion contract awarded in 2019, “is being built and will be fielded in full compliance with the New…

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