The missile, which the Pentagon plans to take the place of the LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBMs, would anchor the land-based portion of the nuclear triad.

AURORA, Colorado— The Pentagon won’t have new cost estimates for the way-over-budget Sentinel intercontinental ballistic ...

Switching from the Minuteman III to the Sentinel system, led by Northrop Grumman, involves the replacement of more than 600 facilities across five states.

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 government watchdog’s timeline runs counter to a U.S. Air Force news release that said the Sentinel’s first flight could ...

We certainly have not lowered the bar, and we certainly have not taken on any risk by doing this,” Air Force Gen. Dale White told Breaking Defense.

The LGM-35A ICBM program had its Milestone B status revoked during a Nunn-McCurdy review, but a new decision is expected by the end of 2026.

We now know much more about the USAF's sprawling plans for new Sentinel ICBM silos with features not found on Minuteman III.

With the long discussed modernization of the nation’s nuclear missile program finally kicking into gear at other bases in the ...

The U.S. Air Force expects its next-generation LGM-35A Sentinel nuclear missile to reach initial ...

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 ...