Critical to the strategic TRIAD, the Sentinel program is dangerously behind schedule and over cost.
The United States is facing the most hostile nuclear threats across the globe since the depths of the Cold War. America’s nuclear deterrent is the main and perhaps only military capability keeping Russia, China, and North Korea from being more aggressive, placing the country in greater jeopardy. The wall of nuclear deterrence, which has kept the United States safe since the dawn of the atomic age, is showing wear and tear. The Minuteman III network of silos, which will hold Sentinel missiles, and command and control nodes, is a half-century old.
Sentinel Program Faltering
Furthermore, in a recent move, the Biden administration revised the US nuclear strategy, recognizing the increased danger China represents. The updated nuclear planning also considers all three adversaries —…
