Is America’s NEW Doomsday Weapon Obsolete?
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You're looking at one of the 450 intercontinental ballistic missile silos that are strategically scattered across the vast expanse of the American Midwest, far from any coastline or major population center. Each silo extends 100 feet underground, using the earth and concrete as protection from enemy strikes. These doomsday minuteman III ICBMs can reach anywhere in the world within 30 minutes.
But there’s a problem. The Minuteman III missile is fast aging out, it first came online in 1970 and until recently they were programmed with old school floppy disks. We’re approaching a point where their systems won’t work properly anymore. Updating them has been a low priority compared to submarine and air-launched nukes, which can stay hidden and are mobile targets.
written by: Chris Cappy and Diego Aceituno
Video Edited and Produced by: Michael Michaelides
This is where the Sentinel missile upgrade program comes into play. If the US is going to do this then the cheapest option is to replace all missiles with a new series called LGM-35 sentinel. The problem is….its already two years behind schedule and $45 billion dollars over budget before a single missile is even on the production line. It’s currently 80% higher than initial estimates back in 2019.
Proponents of the weapon argue it’s literally the top defense priority and cost do not matter as a factor. The 2010 US Nuclear Posture Review argues that if any single leg of the Nuclear Triad is allowed to lag behind the others, it ceases to be a credible threat, diminishing the combined deterrent of all three and making nuclear conflict more likely, not less.
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