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Hoeven Wants USAF Budget to Fund Updates for LRSO at Minot and Concurrent Upgrades to ICBM Bases for Sentinel

Hoeven Wants USAF Budget to Fund Updates for LRSO at Minot and Concurrent Upgrades to ICBM Bases for Sentinel
Pictured, left to right, are Acting Air Force Secretary Gary Ashworth; Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.); and Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman on Tuesday (Office of Sen. John Hoeven)

Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) wants the U.S. Air Force to ensure that its upcoming fiscal 2026 budget has funds to update Minot AFB, N.D.'s weapons storage for RTX's [RTX] future AGM-181 Long-Range Standoff (LRSO) nuclear-tipped cruise missile and ensure that the service upgrades its three ICBM bases concurrently to accommodate the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A cruise missile. Hoeven is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense panel. The three ICBM bases are Minot; Malmstrom AFB, Mont.; and F.E. Warren…

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