Breaking Defense
SYDNEY — In what is likely her last interview as acting US Air Force Undersecretary, Kristyn Jones said today that the Nunn-McCurdy review of the troubled Sentinel ICBM program has uncovered a lesson all Pentagon programs must bear in mind when building on an existing capability: Don’t assume there’s significantly less risk just because there’s an existing infrastructure.
The first flight of the Air Force’s replacement for the nuclear-armed Minuteman III ballistic missile fleet has slipped by over two years, and its budget soared 37 percent to a new total of more than $130 billion.
