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Air Force

Harencak Vows Funding For Air Force ICBM C2 Structure

Pat Host

Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

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Harencak Vows Funding For Air Force ICBM C2 Structure

The Air Force test launches a Minuteman III ICBM. Photo: Air Force.

The Air Force's more than 50-year-old ICBM command and control (C2) structure will be funded, even the military receives funding at the Budget Control Act level, a top Air Force nuclear official said Wednesday.“The good news is significant investment in the president’s budget to get at this, and even at the BCA level, we’re going to make significant investment in it,” Maj. Gen. Garrett Harencak, Air Force assistant chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration, said at a…

Congress

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Army

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Congress

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Congress

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