StratCom s replacement for the 50-year-old Minuteman III nuclear missile is 37% over budget. Can the Air Force afford to push it forward? Nebraska legislators say it must.
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StratCom s replacement for the 50-year-old Minuteman III nuclear missile is 37% over budget. Can the Air Force afford to push it forward? Nebraska legislators say it must.
An honest assessment would determine that maintaining the ICBM force is no longer in the strategic interest of the United States. Failing this, Congress should intervene on the taxpayers’ behalf to defund the Sentinel and advance plans to decommission the current ICBM force.