Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD)

The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center may hold an industry day in late August at Hill AFB, Utah to gauge industry capacity to support a possible ICBM Development, Operations, […]

The Air Force’s Global Strike Command and U.S. Space Force on June 4 launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, equipped with one re-entry vehicle. The test is part […]

The schedule for one of Sentinel’s nuclear warheads will not change until at least the end of the Air Force’s review of the budget-busting missile, the head of the National […]

The Kansas City National Security Campus in March produced a proof-of-concept replacement fuse for an Air Force nuclear weapon, the Sandia National Laboratory said last week.  The Missouri site cranked […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Feb. 20 that several recent tests at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif., reflect “significant progress” in the engineering, manufacturing and development (EMD) phase […]

The U.S. Air Force is examining how to reduce the massive civil works project costs that make up a significant part of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Jan. 16 that it has conducted a live, static-fire test of a stage-two solid rocket motor (SRM) for the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile at […]

The U.S. Air Force is prepared to put multiple nuclear warheads atop its new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles if called to do so, according to the officer in charge of […]

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Nov. 13 that, of the two service legs of the triad, he is more concerned about the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel […]

When it comes to nuclear deterrence, and the warheads and delivery systems that support it, the more options the better, said U.S. Strategic Command head Aif Force Gen Anthony Cotton. […]