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Cost overruns, delays threaten US plan for new StratCom missiles based in Nebraska

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If all goes according to plan, 400 new, deadly and nuclear-tipped LGM-35A Sentinel missiles will be lowered into refurbished silos scattered across western Nebraska and four other states beginning in 2029.

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Capt. Javon Quarles of the 321st Missile Squadron mission combat crew stands outside a Missile Alert Facility near Dix, Nebraska, in this 2019 photo. There are 450 Minuteman III silos in the western Great Plains, including 82 in western Nebraska.

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The U.S. Air Force's three ICBM concentrations are located in Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska. 

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An Air Force ICBM underground launch facility.

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Photos: StratCom Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base

Commander of U.S. Strategic Command Gen. Anthony J. Cotton speaks to participants of StratCom's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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Commander of U.S. Strategic Command Gen. Anthony J. Cotton speaks to participants of StratCom's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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Rear Adm. Anthony Carullo, Rear Adm. Ian Gordon Murray, Austrialian Navy, and Robert Lambert, Plattsmounth, Neb. mayor, listen to Commander of U.S. Strategic Command Gen. Anthony J. Cotton speak to participants of StratCom's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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Commander of U.S. Strategic Command Gen. Anthony J. Cotton speaks to participants of StratCom's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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A member of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force listens to Col. Nelson Tirado, U.S. Strategic Command, speak to participants of StratCom's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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Scenes from U.S. Strategic Command's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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Peter Fey, U.S. Strategic Command deputy historian, gives a history briefing to participants during StratCom's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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B-52H Stratofortress crew members from the 23rd Bomb Squadron talk to U.S. Strategic Command's Experience Day participants at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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A look at a 69th Bomb Squadron B-52H Stratofortress at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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A look at a 69th Bomb Squadron B-52H Stratofortress at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, left, walks around a B-52H Stratofortress with Sgt. Maj. Howard L. Kreamer, StratCom Senior Enlisted Leader, during StratCom's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, left, walks around a B-52H Stratofortress with Sgt. Maj. Howard L. Kreamer, StratCom Senior Enlisted Leader, during StratCom's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, right, greets a B-52H Stratofortress crew with Sgt. Maj. Howard L. Kreamer, StratCom Senior Enlisted Leader, center, during StratCom's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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B-1B Lancer crew members talk to U.S. Strategic Command's Experience Day participants at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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A look at a Doolittle Raiders patch on the shoulder of a U.S. Air Force Captain's uniform with "Toujours Au Danger," "always into Danger," at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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B-1B Lancer crew members talk to U.S. Strategic Command's Experience Day participants at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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A UH-1N Huey crew member talks to U.S. Strategic Command's Experience Day participants at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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A look at a B-1B Lancer at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, tours a UH-1N Huey during StratCom's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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Scenes from U.S. Strategic Command's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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Scenes from U.S. Strategic Command's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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Scenes from U.S. Strategic Command's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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Senior Airman Fels talks to U.S. Strategic Command's Experience Day participants at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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A U-2 Dragon Lady flies over Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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A U-2 Dragon Lady flies over Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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Capt. Javon Quarles of the 321st Missile Squadron mission combat crew stands outside a Missile Alert Facility near Dix, Nebraska, in this 2019 photo. There are 450 Minuteman III silos in the western Great Plains, including 82 in western Nebraska.

An Air Force ICBM underground launch facility.

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