Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program

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United States Air Force program weapons development program

The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program is the U.S. Air Force initiative to develop and field the next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile system to replace the aging Minuteman III fleet as part of the nuclear triad.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sentinel ICBM program	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Air Force program ⓘ weapons development program ⓘ
acquisitionCategory	Major Defense Acquisition Program ⓘ
associatedWith	U.S. Department of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Strategic Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardedTo	Northrop Grumman NERFINISHED ⓘ
basingMode	silo-based ⓘ
capability	prompt global strike with nuclear payload ⓘ
componentOf	U.S. strategic deterrence posture ⓘ
contractor	Northrop Grumman NERFINISHED ⓘ
contractType	Engineering and Manufacturing Development ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedFor	nuclear warhead delivery ⓘ
domain	strategic nuclear weapons ⓘ
focus	modernization of U.S. ICBM force ⓘ
goal	enhance survivability against emerging threats ⓘ increase reliability of U.S. ICBM force ⓘ reduce long-term sustainment costs ⓘ
includes	modernized launch facilities ⓘ new ICBM missile ⓘ support infrastructure ⓘ upgraded command and control systems ⓘ
lifeCycleObjective	support U.S. ICBM force into mid-21st century ⓘ
managedBy	Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
mission	provide credible and reliable ICBM capability ⓘ strategic nuclear deterrence ⓘ
modernizationDriver	aging Minuteman III infrastructure ⓘ cybersecurity requirements ⓘ evolving adversary missile defenses ⓘ
operator	United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf	United States nuclear triad NERFINISHED ⓘ
platformType	land-based missile system ⓘ
primeContractor	Northrop Grumman NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	development of next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile system ⓘ
rangeCategory	intercontinental ⓘ
replacedBy	LGM-35A Sentinel NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaces	LGM-30G Minuteman III NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacesSystemInServiceSince	1970s ⓘ
role	ground-based leg of the U.S. nuclear triad ⓘ
serviceBranch	U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	in development ⓘ
strategicFunction	assured second-strike capability ⓘ deterrence of nuclear attack ⓘ
successorSystemName	LGM-35A Sentinel NERFINISHED ⓘ
weaponType	intercontinental ballistic missile system ⓘ

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Minuteman missile program → relatedTo → Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sentinel ICBM program