Analyst says Air Force may need to extend life of ICBMs despite earlier AOA results

By Rachel Cohen / September 25, 2017 at 1:01 PM
A prominent Washington defense budget expert says the Air Force is most likely to extend the service life of the Minuteman III fleet to bridge a gap in nuclear missile levels if the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program is delayed. Speaking to reporters at the Center for Strategic and International Studies late last week, Todd Harrison, an analyst at the think tank, presented four options the Air Force could pursue rather than continue the GBSD program of record, which includes 642...

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