The Air Force may need to operate the Minuteman III missiles decades longer than expected because of Sentinel Missile program delays, according to a report released earlier this month by ...
Dwindling spare parts stores and potentially deteriorating elements could present a challenge as the Air Force attempts to keep Minuteman III nuclear missiles operational until 2050. (U.S. Air Force) ...
The US Air Force's new ICBM Sentinel faces major delays and cost overruns. The service may have to rely on its 50-year-old Minuteman III's for much longer than anticipated. A host of logistical and ...
(Bloomberg) -- Air Force officials have told congressional auditors it’s feasible to extend, until 2050, Boeing Co.’s aging Minuteman III nuclear missiles that have been the ground-based leg of the US ...
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The Air Force has stood ready to defend the US with its nuclear-armed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles for over 50 years. Now the service might be forced to extend that into the 2050s ...