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An honest assessment would determine that maintaining the ICBM force is no longer in the strategic interest of the United States. Failing this, Congress should intervene on the taxpayers’ behalf to defund the Sentinel and advance plans to decommission the current ICBM force.

The US Air Force's (USAF's) LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) programme is to cost at least 37% more and enter service two years later than anticipated, the USAF said in a 19 January statement. The Program Acquisitio...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force’s new intercontinental ballistic missile program is at risk of blowing past its initial $96 billion cost estimate by so much that the overruns may

The replacement program for aging Minuteman III missiles may be cut back due to costs potentially exceeding Nunn-McCurdy Law limits. That comes amid increases in labor and raw material costs, missile infrastructure modernization and laying fiber optic networks across several US states.

A ‌popular low-cost airline advertises one-way ‌flights from New York City to Los Angeles starting at $61, an undeniable bargain. When you go to book the flight, you realize it is a 13-hour trip, compared to the six-hour nonstop advertised by competitors. Then you notice the five-and-a-half-hour layover in Miami, in a direction the opposite of where you are traveling.

The Russian Navy Kilo-class Project 877V diesel-electric submarine (SSK) (ex-B 871) is set to start sea trials following the completion of its overhaul and modernisation programme. Alrosa pictured before its overhaul and upgrade, which comme...

Despite the officially required US Navy (USN) notification on 13 May of significant cost growth for Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) Mission Module (MM) packages, programme officials say the work for remaining MMs is moving ahead as anticipated....

The cost breach is one in a series of public missteps the Navy has had in recent years with the Littoral Combat Ships and the associated mission packages.

The Navy’s decision to cancel the anti-submarine warfare mission package for the Littoral Combat Ship has sparked a Nunn-McCurdy breach, the service told lawmakers on Friday. In a statement, the Navy said it told Congress today that the LCS Mission Module program now “exceeds the original baseline estimate by at least 30 percent and the […]