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Six Senators Co-Sponsor Bill to Provide Multi-Year Buy for LGM-35A Sentinel

Six Senators Co-Sponsor Bill to Provide Multi-Year Buy for LGM-35A Sentinel
The Convoy Response Force of the 90th Missile Security Operations Squadron fend off an assault from simulated opposing forces during the Nuclear Convoy Course on Camp Guernsey, Wyo. on March 30 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Six Republican senators, including Deb Fischer (Neb.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee's (SASC) strategic forces panel, have introduced a bill to authorize multi-year procurement (MYP) authority for the future Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on June 15 introduced S. 2017, co-sponsored by Fischer and GOP Sens. Cynthia Lummis (Wyo.), Mike Lee (Utah), John Barrasso (Wyo.), Pete Ricketts (Neb.), and Steve Daines (Mont.). The bill is before SASC. U.S. Air…

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