US Air Force may keep Minuteman III nukes operating until 2050: Report

Air Force can extend Minuteman ICBMs to 2050, but with risks: GAO - Breaking Defense

“Today’s GAO report confirms that we desperately need an independent review to hold Pentagon officials accountable for wasting and mismanaging billions of taxpayer dollars,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren told Breaking Defense.

US nukes caught between Minuteman's past and Sentinel's future

The US land-based nuclear arsenal relies on an aging missile and a struggling successor as it attempts to extend the life of the 1970s Minuteman III into the 2050s, while costs and delays for the Sentinel program increase. This month, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that the US is preparing to extend the […] The post US nukes caught between Minuteman’s past and Sentinel’s future appeared first on Asia Times.

Today’s ICBMs may operate until 2050, GAO says

That would be some 15 years longer than the Air Force was planning.

Aging Minuteman Missiles May Be Needed Until 2050

The U.S. nuclear triad's aging lone land-based missile system may be needed until 2050 due to delays and increasing costs with its planned replacement, according to officials from the air service branch.

GAO: Air Force unprepared for potential transition risks for Sentinel ICBM

The Air Force is now considering maintaining its Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system through to 2050, according to a Government Accountability Office report, that highlights the need for the service to create a risk-management plan for the transition to the modernized system in development. Sentinel is set to replace the Cold War-era Minuteman III. The two systems will need to work concurrently as the Defense Department will …

US Air Force may keep Minuteman III nukes operating until 2050: Report

The Air Force may be forced to keep operating its already half-century-old Minuteman III nuclear missiles until 2050, as the replacement Sentinel program continues to run into delays, government auditors said Wednesday.The service had previously expected the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to reach the end of its service in 2036, the Government Accountability Office said in its report, “ICBM Modernization: Air Force Actions Need…