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Reporting Requirement for Sentinel Delays, Establishment of NC3 As Major Force Program Proposed by HASC Panel

Reporting Requirement for Sentinel Delays, Establishment of NC3 As Major Force Program Proposed by HASC Panel
Members of the 576th Flight Test Squadron monitor an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III missile on March 27, 2015, at Vandenberg (Department of the Air Force Photo)

The Secretary of the Air Force would have to inform Congress of any schedule slips of one month or more in the initial operational capability (IOC) for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel within three months of learning of such delays, according to the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Strategic Forces' draft for the panel's section of the fiscal 2024 national defense authorization bill. The panel's draft also proposes making nuclear, command, control, and communications (NC3) a major force program…

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