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US to Announce Future of Sentinel Program As Early as Tuesday Amid Soaring Costs - Pentagon
US to Announce Future of Sentinel Program As Early as Tuesday Amid Soaring Costs - Pentagon
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The US Defense Department will announce potential changes to the future of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program as early as Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesperson told Sputnik on Saturday.
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"The Department will announce its decision about the future of the Sentinel program once the process is complete and we have fulfilled our obligation to Congress. We expect the decision to be made on or about July 9, 2024," the spokesperson said. The Office of the Secretary of Defense launched a review to determine whether to certify the continuation of the Sentinel program after the Air Force notified Congress in January that the program had exceeded its baseline cost projections, resulting in a "critical breach" under the Nunn-McCurdy statute, a law designed to prevent major cost overruns for weapons systems. The price tag for Air Force's Sentinel program to replace aging Minuteman III nuclear missiles has grown to $160 billion from $95.8 billion, according to media reports.
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US to Announce Future of Sentinel Program As Early as Tuesday Amid Soaring Costs - Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Defense Department will announce potential changes to the future of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program as early as Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesperson told Sputnik on Saturday.
"The Department will announce its decision about the future of the Sentinel program once the process is complete and we have fulfilled our obligation to Congress. We expect the decision to be made on or about July 9, 2024," the spokesperson said.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense launched a review to determine whether to certify the continuation of the Sentinel program after the Air Force notified Congress in January that the program had
exceeded its baseline cost projections, resulting in a "
critical breach" under the Nunn-McCurdy statute, a law designed to prevent major cost overruns for
weapons systems.
The price tag for Air Force's Sentinel program to replace aging
Minuteman III nuclear missiles has grown to
$160 billion from
$95.8 billion, according to media reports.
