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Air Force Halts Parts Of Sentinel Program

Air Force Halts Parts Of Sentinel Program
The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center conducted its first full-scale static test fire of the LGM-35A Sentinel stage-one solid rocket motor at the Northrop Grumman test facility in Promontory, Utah, on March 2 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Certain segments for the intercontinental ballistic missile Sentinel are being put on hold while the program undergoes restructuring, according to an Air Force statement. “The Air Force has ordered the Northrop Grumman Corporation to suspend the design, testing, and construction related to the Command and Launch Segment,” a spokesperson said in the statement on Monday. Defense One first reported the hold.  While the Air Force earlier targeted May 2029 for initial operational capability for the Sentinel ICBM, the revised milestone…

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