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https://breakingdefense.com/2026/02/exclusive-sentinel-icbm-to-clear-key-review-this-year-go-operational-in-early-2030s/
EXCLUSIVE: Sentinel ICBM to clear key milestone this year, go operational ‘early 2030s’ - Breaking...
Feb 17, 2026 - “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.
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https://fas.org/publication/critical-sentinel-overrun/
“Critical” Overrun of Sentinel ICBM Program Demands Government Transparency - Federation of...
Jun 26, 2024 - The Sentinel program has been plagued with cost increases, flawed assumptions, and misleading arguments from the beginning; this most recent overrun demands...
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https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2026/02/cost-estimate-new-sentinel-icbm-plan-wont-arrive-until-years-end/411720/?oref=d1-category-lander-river
Cost estimate for new Sentinel ICBM plan won’t arrive until year’s end - Defense One
Feb 26, 2026 - Program managers tout progress, dismiss GAO concerns.
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https://thebulletin.org/2025/01/memo-to-trump-cancel-us-air-forces-sentinel-icbm-program/
Memo to Trump: Cancel US Air Force's Sentinel ICBM program - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Mr. President, the Sentinel ICBM program's cost and schedule challenges have become untenable and unacceptable for US taxpayers. You should cancel it.
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https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2026/02/initial-sentinel-icbm-expected-early-2030-air-force-says/411483/?oref=d1-category-lander-river
Initial Sentinel ICBM expected by early 2030, Air Force says - Defense One
Feb 17, 2026 - Officials say a new Pentagon-controlled manager role helped accelerate the Sentinel timeline.
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https://newatlas.com/military/us-air-force-breaks-ground-next-gen-nuclear-missile-silo/
Sentinel ICBM: Air Force Breaks Ground on New Modular Silos
Apr 6, 2026 - Northrop Grumman and Bechtel begin building the LGM-35A Sentinel silo prototype. Discover how modular, pre-cast concrete sections will modernize the US nuclear...
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