Lost in the shuffle of constant news of negotiations to finally end the U.S-Iranian war and the rise of fuel prices with a global oil shortage is the status of the American nuclear weapons program.

The U.S. Air Force's troubled Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program faces significant risks from software delays and an extended reliance on the aging Minuteman III system. However, a ...

The Sentinel nuclear missile was originally scheduled for testing in 2026, but faced significant delays after its skyrocketing budget triggered a rare Nunn-McCurdy breach. The United States Air Force ...

The LGM-35A Sentinel program is a Pentagon horror story of overfunding and delays—but a working missile may finally be within reach. Development of the United States Air Force’s Sentinel program ...

For over six decades, the American homeland has been under the protective umbrella of the so-called nuclear triad, consisting of land-, air-, and sea-launched nuclear missiles. And that will probably ...

Northrop Grumman (NOC) and the U.S. Air Force on Monday reported continued progress on the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program, with development milestones achieved across ...

Attendees tour the LGM-35A Sentinel munitions storage igloos at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, Dec. 1, 2025. (Staff Sgt. Joshua LeRoi/Space Force) The U.S. Air Force’s troubled Sentinel ...