Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
July 2024 - United States Special Weapons News
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- USecAF, CMSAF visit F.E. Warren, emphasize essential role of ground-based nuclear force US Air Force 15 Jul 2024 -- Under Secretary of the Air Force Melissa Dalton, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi, and several other senior leaders visited F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, July 1-2.
- US Shifts Back to Far Larger Strategic Manned Bomber Force With B-21 Aircraft Sputnik 15 Jul 2024 -- The US Air Force will again greatly expand the depleted manned bomber element of the strategic nuclear Triad - the land, undersea and airbase legs of its nuclear deterrent - when it deploys the B-21 aircraft, General Andrew Gebara said on Monday.
- US Focuses on Keeping Old Minuteman ICBMs Working as Sentinel Delays Soar Sputnik 15 Jul 2024 -- The US Air Force is giving top priority to keeping its aging force of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) operational through the 2030s as delays and costs continue to soar out of control on the replacement Sentinel ICBM program, Gen. Andrew Gebara said on Monday.
- Sentinel Land-Based Nuclear Modernization Program Will Continue, With Changes DoD News 10 Jul 2024 -- The Defense Department has announced its decision to continue to modernize the land-based leg of the nuclear triad with a program called Sentinel. That decision comes after the Air Force notified Congress in January that the program had exceeded its baseline cost and triggered what is known as a Nunn-McCurdy breach.
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