The $130B Plan to Replace the U.S.’s Nuclear Missiles | WSJ Equipped

About 450 Cold War-era Minuteman nuclear missiles were only supposed to last 10 years. But now, these ICBMs have defended the U.S. for more than 50. The Air Force is planning to spend $130 billion on replacing them to boost the U.S. nuclear defense strategy with a new modern iteration—the Sentinel missile.

WSJ explains the science and strategy behind nuclear missiles and the logistical challenges of the Sentinel project.

Chapters:
0:00 Expired ICBMs
0:42 The U.S.’s nuclear triad
3:12 Weaknesses
5:00 What’s next for the Sentinel project?

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[NGraviT]

37% over budget is probably the best a US military project ever achieved 💀

[ojizimw]

The obsolete floppy disks and interfaces aren't a bug it's a feature.

[huyk]

WSJ level of illustration: Using a Russian Sub in place of the Ohio class SSG/BN and the F-117 night hawk (retired from front line service) as the air leg of the triad.
Never change low level intern messing things up.

[Doh]

I'm confused why are they showing Atlas missiles and calling them Minuteman

[mrapollo_]

US military going over budget? What? I AM SO SHOCKED

[colekarrh]

dam I had kick back when he pulled up that floppy disk

[danteaubert]

According to this video, the other legs of the nuclear triad are a Russian sub and a F-117.

[GD-]

4:11 Def wasn't expecting a Giant floppy disk to appear out of nowhere.

[zippyspeedmonkey]

Skynet will be happy with the easier access…

[jimlane]

1970's analog technology is much more difficult to hack, therefore, we're going to upgrade it to 21st century technology

[phucknuts.]

$130, 000, 000, 000, that’s nothing, America can print that before lunch break.

[courtingdeath]

Any plans on spending 1/4 as much to replace their IT system and government services? Ya know, so we ain't getting 2008 government services in 2024.

[harrie]

at least the doomsday floppydisk are to big to smuggle out of the Silo

[sectionusmc]

"Delivered in 30 minutes, or the next one is free."

[ffffuchs]

"Rocket" Dear WSJ, we call it a booster, and the "large" and "small" rockets are the stages. What's re-entering also isn't purely a warhead, of which there can be multiple (multiple independent re-entry vehices, MIRVs), but the bus with warheads on top.

[yeahboyiiiii]

“Resilient against all those kinda things” Great Interview, such a wordsmith

[SVTCobra]

ICBMs are not a defensive system, they are a deterrence system.

[jlg]

Tom Karako sure is good at saying I took a shot of vodka every time he did, and now I'm standing naked on the edge of my bed while insisting that my girlfriend call me "The Minuteman".

[josephtaylor]

"Greetings Professor Falken. Would you like to play a game of chess?"

[janwoldstad]

So according to WSJ the minuteman consists of rockets inside rockets - They are called stages how can one get something so basic wrong?