The U.S. Air Force conducted the first full-scale static test firing of one of the LGM-35A Sentinel solid rocket motors at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Promontory, Utah, in March 2023.
Credit: R. Nial Bradshaw/U.S. Air Force
The Pentagon’s new intercontinental ballistic missile will force the U.S. Air Force to overhaul its budget plans in the long term, as the costs for the LGM-35A Sentinel have exploded by 81% over the original estimation. That was the finding of a seven-month review of the Northrop Grumman program...
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