August 20, 2020
A New Missile Gap: Does the U.S. Military Have an ICBM Age Problem?
Senior Air Force weapons developers are concerned about a potential intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) readiness gap caused by the decline of existing Minuteman III weapons and a potential delay with bringing the new Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) online.
by Kris Osborn
Senior Air Force weapons developers are concerned about a potential intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) readiness gap caused by the decline of existing Minuteman III weapons and a potential delay with bringing the new Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) online.
The Air Force’s GBSD program, an effort to build as many as 400 new ICBMs, is slated to emerge toward the middle or end of the 2020s. However, existing Minuteman III are now more than fifty-years-old and on the decline due to obsolescence.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/new-missile-gap-does-us-military-have-icbm-age-problem-167300
