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Sentinel Restructuring an Early Focus for Meink

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, June 5th, 2025

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Sentinel Restructuring an Early Focus for Meink

Pictured is U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink meeting with U.S. Space Force personnel on May 28 (U.S. Space Force Photo)

U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said on Thursday that the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM has consumed the most time he has spent on any program thus far in his two and a half weeks on the job, as the Air Force restructures the program after a Nunn-McCurdy cost breach announced in January last year. Legislators have pointed to conflicting signals from the White House and the Air Force on nuclear deterrence, including $1.2 billion that the…

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