EXCLUSIVE: Sentinel ICBM to clear key milestone this year, go operational ‘early 2030s’
“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.
“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 service said that requirements to keep 400 nuclear missiles on alert will not be impacted by the shuttering of a silo located at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming.
Lt. Gen. Andrew Gebara, Air Force head of nuclear deterrence, stressed that work to develop the Sentinel missile itself by prime contractor Northrop Grumman has been proceeding fairly well.
"I think the challenge [to establishing nuclear dialogue] is going to be on the Chinese side," said Maj. Gen. Michael Lutton.