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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[@0GraviT]

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

[@LordBillington42]

37% is the current projection before major work has started. Just you wait.

[@Polo22546]

Unfortunately, you’re right.

[@WilliamPoirier-mv4mf]

​@@LordBillington421:55

[@MrCdrant]

hilariously true. f35? 1.7 trillion.....over 10x this nonsense

[@piotrd.4850]

Actually Viriginia class made quite all right.

[@huy1k995]

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.

[@zekekorte6395]

Didn’t want to be picky but it looks nothing like b2

[@WeatherManToBe]

Did you know other nations have a nuclear triad and the USA has had it in the past?

[@robertlutz8487]

Not to mention they keep referencing old pictures of the “minute man” but they are clearly the atlas/thor which couldn’t be more different not only in design but time of service

[@ObjectiveMedia]

Who cares lol

[@jballaviator]

@@robertlutz8487The Thor looks straight 1950's thus why they used the still.

[@user-oj6iz2im4w]

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

[@profdc9501]

Think one of those floppies has Missile Command on it?

[@DonVetto-vx9dd]

*casually insert msdos bug into it*

[@abundantharmony]

@@DonVetto-vx9dd you think they run DOS?

[@user-vb2ll8nl6g]

@@abundantharmony You'd be surprised how much of our world still runs on DOS. It's not really a bad thing, DOS is small, simple, and has been extremely well tested. They don't want unexpected bugs with every new software update.

[@abundantharmony]

@@user-vb2ll8nl6g apparently, MS DOS was developed in 1981 and the nuclear missile defense system runs on something from the 70s, so DOS didn't even exist.

[@Doh1962]

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

[@DinoNucci]

They're telling a story bruh

[@zapfanzapfan]

If they knew anything about rockets, would they really work for a news paper?

[@ILovePancakes24]

I don't know the difference between the missiles

[@dbz9393]

Because noone cares enough to know the difference between the two

[@joeis18]

​@@ILovePancakes24And that is not a problem because you aren't the WSJ doing a story on them.

[@phucknuts.7065]

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

[@SolaceEasy]

Donnie's got that much...

[@johnal-kel9063]

America has Hyper weapons in space that they have kept secret for years. Electric weapons more powerful & clean than nuclear bombs.

[@itconsgenio]

Magic! 😂

[@AaronHahnStudios]

Meh, Digital transfer. They got it while the kettle was boiling.

[@thinkerly1]

America does not need to print money. The US economy is growing faster than the economy of any other first-world nation. Your economy is broken. Your government accounced last week that it was suspending gas exports -- 16% of your economy. And tell me, what does Russia make that the world buys? What cars do you make? What computers? What solar panels? And so on.

[@mrapollo_17]

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

[@AdrianA-mo5qd]

Unbelievable, how could the US military do such a thing...

[@Blackout00745]

@@AdrianA-mo5qd And where'd they get it? Tax the citizens more? Steal from poorer contries that can't defend? 🤔

[@trollingpcgames]

It’s not necessarily the military’s fault this time. The pandemic made everyone shut down and almost all governments printed money in greater amounts to keep their people feed. All this has resulted in higher inflation and higher manufacturing and material costs, so it’s not over budget because mismanagement but more so thanks to the global economy.

[@Bouncerboy33]

Yep. Bidenomics. AKA, Empty Wallet Syndrome.

[@trollingpcgames]

@@Bouncerboy33 yep Biden is more to blame for this project being over budget than the military. There are plenty of military screwup’s but this is not one of them.

[@colekarrh9114]

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

[@downinla4076]

It's not even a 5.25 in floppy of the 80s and 90s! It's the older 8-inch floppy made in 1972! Remember, floppy disks have a very finite life, so whoever still makes them must charge a fortune for each one.

[@jim2lane]

@@downinla4076 all physical media has a finite life

[@LeechyKun]

Did your heart flutter and creak reminding you of your time soon?

[@Dr.W.Krueger]

The world runs on legacy system and legacy code. **shrug**

[@jm9371]

That was an old school 8 incher too.

[@jim2lane]

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

[@Chris-rg6nm]

It's not more difficult to hack

[@nekoJens]

This argument was so weak and ridiculous. Yeah a stick and stone is also difficult to hack, but I would rather have a more advanced weapons system.

[@akula625]

@@Chris-rg6nmYou have to tap old wiring to get access and with its limited hardware and software that almost no one knows anymore it gives you an edge over newer technology and hacking

[@abram730]

@@akula625 Or wait for somebody to forget to reset a timer/drug or poison crew and send a launch command with a RF modem from above. I'd bet China knows how. They monitor the applicable RF frequencies for this reason. The system has remote launch capabilities.

[@DemPilafian]

The term *"phone phreaking"* originated with hackers breaking into analog telephone systems. Modern digital encryption can make communication impossible to crack with brute force. It's inaccurate to say that analog is more secure than digital.

[@GD-8]

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

[@krashd]

Wasn't a giant floppy, was just a tiny man. That was your regular 1" floppy

[@Slawp]

I used to work as a cook in these silos in Wyoming. I was completely shocked by how primitive it was but thankful that it wasnt hackable. Boring job, but boring is better than exciting when dealing with nukes

[@Justowner]

dont answer that guys question, or questions like that ever. EDIT: I think the question was deleted.

[@nunyabidnez5857]

Nothing is unhackable.

[@shitmandood]

A hacked nuke simply means we have to get it done quickly.

[@nunyabidnez5857]

@@Justowner good job on pointing that dude out. He was definitely fishing for info that shouldn't be openly talked about.

[@user-ut3jk7it6c]

@@nunyabidnez5857 my grandpa's fishing rod is unhackable.

[@zippyspeedmonkey]

Skynet will be happy with the easier access…

[@coolguymlg1171]

is this a sciencephile A.I. reference, because if it is, then this would be amazing!!! though I do belive that G.A.I. might overshadow this technological mishap.

[@jamieharmer5654]

The access code is.....John Connor

[@krashd]

SkyNet won't touch it, the UK and the US are allies.

[@riverstones-wd7ni]

True

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

"I think that it’s our responsibility to figure out how to use AI responsibly to maximize the amount of pain we inflict on the bad guys." -Palmer Lucky, founder of Anduril Defense Industries.

[@danteaubert3645]

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

[@yeahboyiiiii222]

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

[@user-ek7uo5lr6p]

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[@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.

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

Booster is short for booster rocket. There is no need to pretend this is a NASA video when it is not. The same NASA who can't get a human on the moon after 50 years no matter how much they say they are going to. They just keep pushing back the dates - gladly paying Tuesday for a hamburger today is their reality.

[@cptdalek1711]

“NEEEEERRRRD!”

[@Bradgilliswhammyman]

You are splitting hairs most people won't remember the difference anyway. This is designed for the layperson, not a rocket enthusiast.

[@noby5711]

Yous is smart. Yous is important

[@cle_roknn3742]

This was my initial reaction. For those who don’t care or don’t want the correct answer: being given correct information is never a bad thing, knowledge is power and the American society seems to be powerless lately….

[@courtingdeath3364]

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.

[@janwoldstad]

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

[@user-xq1wz3tp5z]

Conventional wisdom for journalism: No need for any worldly aptitude, by practitioners.

[@user-vb2ll8nl6g]

Every rocket that goes to space consists of at least two stages, I don't know of one that ever made it that didn't The idea is that once one stage uses up it's fuel it's jettisoned so that the rocket doesn't have to keep dragging that weight all the way up.

[@DinoPimp]

Why not keep them analog?

[@atomic_bomba]

Analog systems are much more primitive and can't be upgraded with modern targeting hardware.

[@Dr.W.Krueger]

No money in that for the military-industrial complex. They want to sell you new shiny weapons that never get used anyway(or work correctly in the first place).

[@xiphoid2011]

Because good luck trying to find a floppy today. Just like you can't find missile parts that haven't been made for 30 years.

[@abram730]

They are digital.

[@redline589]

@@atomic_bombaIt's a nuke, it doesn't need to be that accurate, if you hit the right, military base or street it's all good.

[@purplemicrodot58]

What a sad, sad fact for Humanity that we need these.

[@ejiroabraham]

I know. Not just what we need.

[@batterybuilding]

What’s sadder is that some think we need them.

[@augustlandmesser1520]

Ever heard of disarmament agreements?

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

Meh. I think the Us just estimates everything, has ego problems and always wants to be the daddy of everything.

[@sopranos45]

​@@batterybuilding🤦🏿‍♂️ weeelll,,since we have enemies that have them we have no choice but to have them as a deterrent..

[@stephenju1966]

0:50 That's a Russian Yasen-class submarine.

[@ankles632]

Why would a Russian sub be flying the US flag ? If you pause the clip is easy to see. I looks like a Virginia class. www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2001299018/

[@section8usmc53]

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

[@harrie205]

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

[@Ranstone]

Underrated.

[@User-rka_zykx76]

*on todays news 22 year old **___** smuggles nuclear floppy disk out of base in a guitar* I can already imagine it

[@Hebdomad7]

Given there isn't much data on those disks, you could probably write out the 1s and 0s and smuggle it out, bit by bit.

[@nicc6006]

Yes we do need that The upgrade

[@josephtaylor3857]

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

[@tristankaskoun8033]

Can we please get rid of daylight savings first, it’s free and we all want it

[@emilie6466]

Dog they already got rid of it

[@TheMike5478]

No they haven't time just changed a couple of weeks ago....​@@emilie6466

[@AceHuman]

​@@emilie6466its not gone though

[@BSnicks]

​@@emilie6466Who got rid of it? I live in the US, and I still changed my clock to daylight savings time.

[@kay1229]

I hate daylight savings lol

[@BS-vm5bt]

I hope they do not do something stupid like connecting these silos to the internet. I hope they stick to old analog systems since its a lot harder for the hardware to break.

[@carbonking53]

They connected our elections to the web, so what's the big deal about having our nukes connected?

[@MKudi]

The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.

[@albinofknrhino2949]

I still don't understand how it knows where it is?

[@Av-vd3wk]

If they network the Sentinel system they are NUTS.

[@honkbob]

I was thinking that. Lets hope they don't pick "secure ethernet" LOL

[@philipthecow]

My solution would be the ICBM uses SD cards and spits out a hash of all the programs on a screen so that it could be verified.

[@wesleyhempoli5548]

It is pretty crazy that we are only on our 2nd generation of ICBM missile tech and that the sentinel will only be the third. By contrast, we are working on 6th generation attack aircraft now.

[@jlg395]

Tom Karako sure is good at saying "Uhhhhhhhhhh". 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".

[@jamielancaster01]

@ 4:19 INCORRECT! You have to hack 3 control centers that are on the same loop to fire just 1 minuteman missile. The missiles are deterrent (defense) missiles. The failsafe is that One control center cannot launch any of their 10 minuteman missile on its own it takes two other control centers to direct their missiles to launch before a missile in any of the three control centers can launch.

[@perniciouspete4986]

I suspect that any hack would be used to prevent the missiles from being launched, rather then to launch them.

[@davehendricks4824]

Thanks for the info!🤬

[@FructozeProductions]

​@perniciouspete4986 hopefully so.. 🙏 no country should have nuclear weapons to begin with, won't make a difference if one has 1000 or 100 whenever the war breaks out everyone loses..

[@FTFSupremacyROBLOX]

about time the Minuteman got an upgrade!

[@bradyphillips1995]

Hot take but this is needed, it will save us so much money in the long term, the upkeep on those old floppy disk ran Missiles is insane

[@Millsmills586]

I agree. People complaining about cost don’t understand that this is something normal and it does happen. All the time.

[@alexg9727]

@@Millsmills586 liberals love spending money for wars

[@alexg9727]

@@Millsmills586 Obama Biden duo combined most excess deaths in history

[@DjHazardous]

*Then there's AI that can potentially be used to hack these new missiles and well...*

[@DgurlSunshine]

@@Millsmills586 INDIA TECH NEEDS TO RETURN TO HOMEROOM

[@old-gamer-01]

The good triangle ;)

[@maxheadrom3088]

That's not the warhead - that is the tip that carries multiple warheads.

[@krashd]

Though every minuteman III currently carries only a single warhead due to the START I treaty.

[@MissesWitch]

Analogue is alot better for security!

[@TuaTagovailoaTouchdowns]

These weapons are truly scary.

[@skullandbones1832]

We have a whole lot of those hidden in the panhandle of Nebraska managed by F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne Wyoming USA. The Air Force has a farm house just north of my hometown of Sidney Nebraska that is the control center for these missiles. You go past it just looks like an ordinary farm house but is actually a military base with tunnels 5 stories underground.

[@Slawp]

Thats where i used to work!

[@willberry6434]

Really important to see this project through. Do not cut anything

[@williamduffy1227]

Why do you show an old Atlas missile and label it a Minuteman 3? 2:20

[@olorin4317]

It it really an upgrade if it abandons unhackability?

[@r.a.dalton8807]

I am a 69 year old retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant (E8/1972-1993) and former Defense Contractor (2005-2010). In my opinion this is a total waste of taxpayer money! Ground based missiles are just too vulnerable to a first strike these days. A better plan would be to retire those missiles and use that funding to build more ballistic missile submarines to replace them. Ballistic missile submarines are the most survivable part of the nuclear triad and always have been since they were first built.

[@fredericklockard3854]

Good points. But there are some benefits to having large missiles buried in silos. The enemy has to target it with multiple warheads to ensure a hit. Their size and throw weight and range is much higher than any SLBM. A single torpedo or warhead can potentially destroy a submarine and all 24 missiles and 100s of warheads in one shot - can’t do this with 100s of widely dispersed ICBMs. Same with a bomber, if one is shot down you lose dozens of warheads.

[@Meowmeow.age.6]

Okay and? Still have to replace the old with the new to insure MAD from the worst of the triad.

[@r.a.dalton8807]

@@fredericklockard3854 I see your point, but does that make up for the massive amount of fallout that would occur after such an attack? Having them at sea instead would mitigate that problem. In addition the Air Force also has always had a problem with the watch system for missile systems. Two men in an underground facility for each 10 missiles with no outside contact and little to do for lengthy periods of times leads to boredom and morale problems that had led to a number of incidents over the years. On a ballistic missile submarine that is not an issue since there is entire crew as with any naval ship.

[@fredericklockard3854]

@@r.a.dalton8807 no doubt. I’m not an AF vet I’m army like you so I don’t know all the ins and outs. What I’ve read is that totally removing ICBMs would actually make targeting submarines much easier. No need to worry about targeting hundreds of dispersed missiles in hardened silos. All the missiles the enemy would use to target the ICBMs would then be freed up for other uses. You’d still get the fallout regardless.

[@r.a.dalton8807]

@@fredericklockard3854 As submarines are constantly moving in a vast three dimensional environment covering 70% of the globe, versus a ground based missile silo that never does move, I am not sure I see the submarines as being more vulnerable here. Also the ballastic missile submarines can have accompanying attack submarines to help defend them if needed. With military GPS accuracy being somewhere around 10 meters or so, grouind based missile silos would be toast in any first strike.

[@tankandspank]

imaging how well the e conomy would be if ya'll weren't spending a 88 billion a year on these civilization ending missiles.

[@benz9063]

you won't have an economy because without these missiles you'll be conquered and enslaved by communists.

[@georgewbushcenterforintell147]

There might not be anybody left. Spending huge amounts of money kept the peace with fear of complete destruction.

[@philosophicalaesthetic6152]

@@georgewbushcenterforintell147People can't seem to think beyond their kumbayah virtue signaling. They forget having a means of retaliation is a comprehensive method to keep nations from directly provoking you whenever they want

[@ragreenburg]

@@philosophicalaesthetic6152 There's a pretty large difference between means of retaliation and having the number of nuclear warheads that we have. In all reality, we could destroy the entire human race with a fraction of the warheads we have, so why do we need thousands of them?

[@wedjongkwowe4679]

​@philosophicalaesthetic6152 russia isn't spending much.. but have more weapons than USA 😅😅 and more nukes.. continue supporting nonsense from your government

[@darkstar7999]

Funny - we HAD a replacement; Peacekeeper (LGM-118). Built 50 silos IIRC, then decommissioned them in 2005.

[@PDXdjn]

0:52 Soviet Alfa class attack sub and F-117A fighter/light bomber? Don't think either of these are 66% of the nuclear triad. *sigh* This is still more than Rick Perry knew about it, when he was appointed U.S. Secretary of Energy...

[@carolynvillanueva5573]

Excellent idea!!!❤

[@xentaatnex8261]

Presidential candidates always pledge to make changes once in office but once they find out how things really work, they usually have a change in mind

[@DemPilafian]

Voters go out of their way to elect politicians who lie to them.

[@Knitting_n_Trucking]

Can I have the old ones?

[@aestradarespeto]

It is the minute 1:38 , you can see the wearing in the bolts showed? It seems very rusty. If those are the common issue of the land leg, it is time to thing that is lame.

[@The_WarriorsWay]

Looks like US never runs out of money, why? cause they can literally print dollars 😂

[@rogerthat4545]

We've done quite well since we moved from the gold standard to the plutonium backed dollar

[@omgsrsly]

...while other countries would simply adjust the amount in their computer systems without wasting a single drop of ink 😂 That's until the real professionals take over and from the internet experts and realize this would lower the purchasing power of a currency and everbody has a good laugh

[@nadushnudush]

Printing more dollar will devalue dollar

[@terenceenders9388]

Why not keep it analog? Update the missles to be as safe as possible. Digital tech. is not safe in the age of A.I.

[@silvy7394]

Probably because a lot of that stuff isnt manufactured anymore, and it would be much more expensive and complex to manufacture/design. I think the biggest hurdle is nobody knows those systems either. Us people who know electronics, computers, and software from the 40's-80's are a dying breed.

[@Darkwizzrobe]

Agreed, I feel a lot safer if it was kept analog.

[@ain92ru]

@@silvy7394 Why do you think building new "21st century" missiles from scratch will be cheaper?

[@silvy7394]

@@ain92ru Probably because a lot of that stuff isnt manufactured anymore, and it would be much more expensive and complex to manufacture/design. I think the biggest hurdle is nobody knows those systems either. Us people who know electronics, computers, and software from the 40's-80's are a dying breed.

[@MattA-fi5qe]

@@ain92ru This route is very commonly the cheapest route; reverse engineering old tech and then restarting manufacturing lines is more costly than designing new tech using existing processes and manufacturing. This is very common in many areas of industry.

[@331SVTCobra]

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

[@mra7282]

Meh…could be better with the details….the “triad” picture showed an F-117, which was retired something like 16 years ago. Also, some of the pictures show Titan ICBMs which retired like 35 plus years ago. Using a B-52/F-16/B-2 for the aircraft and a minimal III for the ICBM (though technically there's 3 varieties of this) would have been more appropriate.

[@mrapollo_17]

Spending so much money to keep the country safe that we don't have enough money for citizens to live in it

[@user-bi4hw2wi2k]

And that's your ( National Deficient ) Initially that everyone is always yappin about . Its what keeps the Beast Running in Front and to keep the Peace . We will always have it ... and will always be on the back burner of fiscal policy forever . No matter what Republicans say .......This is the Way ( To coin a phrase ) .

[@lanray2474]

Again How much do we need to solve world hunger? 130b dollars on firepower....

[@trader2137]

why would you want to "solve" world hunger? maybe its just easier to reduce the population, or get rid of people that are starving?

[@philipthecow]

You have a lubby dubby view of the world if you think that military spending isn't needed, and that world hunger can be solved if we all just worked together. World hunger / poverty is NOT due to a lack of funds. In fact it's not even due to a lack of funds in countries that have poverty.

[@Shadow_ball]

@@trader2137 -WEF

[@Kaiyats]

Sentinel missiles are such a badass name tho

[@_stardust62]

If you haven't seen the documentary command and control go now watch it...about the Titan 2 missile exploding in Arkansas in 1980.

[@user-jz5nl7ip3b]

make tea not war people. love is the only thing that is going to save the day

[@zakuro8532]

There is no love in politics

[@markstevenson6635]

That's a nice thought.

[@tm-ln4hj]

🐑

[@thekinginyellow1744]

Ok Disney Princess, but the rest of us have to live in the real world.

[@ernesthill4017]

A wonderful sentiment that I agree with. Sadly, unless everyone devotes to practice love, peace, and goodwill, we will always need the tools of war

[@mustafanobar]

that big floppy disk certainly got mutated after years of radioactive exposure

[@profdc9501]

Those are probably 8 inch floppies, for when the 5 1/4 size just ain't big enough.

[@samanthakujawa9165]

There going to need it

[@jakemeyer6047]

Honestly shocked it's not costing more

[@krashd]

It will, a lot more.

[@Loli4lyf]

imagine if those $130 billions goes to building shelters for the homeless along with rehabilitation program and providing them with jobs

[@timr617]

Aww how cute 🤗

[@kerry9125]

We've already spent way more than 130 billion on the homeless, and it clearly isn't working. Regardless, the homeless aren't immune to a nuclear attack, so any national defense program defends them too.

[@rogerrantz2024]

Naval sub's are more important, you can't destroy what you can't find

[@rael5469]

Correct. SLBMs are the most important part of the triad. Bombers the least important because they will probably be shot down.

[@krashd]

Except if the enemy managed to destroy America's massive ELF antennae before any attack they'd have no need to destroy the subs because the subs would never even know an attack was going on.

[@rogerrantz2024]

@@krashd that ideal is flawed because they have many different types of communication systems, no jet, ship, or submarine relies on just one type. There's backup systems for backup systems, except in Russia where they shoot their own planes down. I'm not even sure Russia wouldn't shoot their own nukes down at this point, which also makes them vulnerable from responding countries

[@rael5469]

@@krashd LOL......don't bet on it.

[@leonmusk1040]

Elf's the only one that can talk to a submerged sub over range though and a surfaced sub is a ship and visible to radar and satellite although they're all visible to the newer spy sats unless below 300 feet of water. @@rogerrantz2024

[@apuuvah]

FREEDOM!!

[@jasonstevens-aka-BigBawb]

I'm confused, where's the paywall? This is Wall Street journal, right? I've been denied their articles online for quite some time. I thought you had to have a subscription to hear their opinion.

[@user-bi4hw2wi2k]

This is what is called a Pentagon Strategy release . Its for thinktank displacement on the other side.

[@enemyspotted2467]

Im so sick of nukes

[@lotsofhairbutnomoney3705]

you're tired of all the nuclear bombings huh

[@birthdwt8859]

Poor guy

[@gg.youlubeatube6249]

it is becouse you stockpile them in yours cellar.

[@user-ic8mt6jq1z]

why dont they plant that warhead on a space x rocket. lol

[@dimbasz]

How many SpaceX rockets have you seen being launched from underground silos?

[@felixf4378]

Spacex smallest rocket is the Falcon 9 which is too big to be used as an ICBM.

[@ms3862]

@@dimbasznot just that, falcon 9 is a liquid fuel space rocket that has a long and complicated launch process - once the order comes in to launch it takes hours to get ready. Where as Minuteman is a ready to go solid stage, you open the door and press the button and it goes. That guy saying they should use falcon 9 for nukes is very ignorant

[@mrshonk3948]

playin wargames with this one🦅🦅🦅💪💪💪

[@JCMills55]

I was a Missile Systems Analyst on Minuteman II missile sites. So many errors in this vid. But then most likely only us that worked on them would spot it.

[@Martoune112233]

They spent 35 billion in Ukraine but are questioning spending that on our nuclear missle program.

[@imhimdk1785]

Shi crazy asf. I’m confused on that also

[@tomsriver2838]

Dude said "who needs nukes?" 🤷‍♂️

[@robertposey4533]

Which is better, saving democracy or saving the homeless???????

[@felixf4378]

So each ICBM will cost around $150 Million each. This is just insane, and they just keep getting away with it.

[@krypton6971]

You miss the part about rebuilding the silos and the thousands of miles of underground communication cables.

[@metallica1426]

Out of all the tech you would think we could create an atmosphere perfect for missiles to be kept for long periods of time.

[@badrakhariunchimeg1031]

Guys do you know bernoulli effect and liquid propellant can cycle arroud

[@pete9105]

It’s a sick world we live in when we’re spending $130b on weapons that sit and collect dust while 80% of people live paycheck to paycheck that ultimately stems from greed.

[@juleeez628]

You like sleeping peacefully at night, right?

[@TheManbeastmike]

You can move to another country if you want... maybe there lack of military spending means they have no poverty right? Oh wait.... they do...

[@xtear0]

Please realize that when the government puts out a contract, it allows for economic growth with companies, which leads to workers getting paid. Therefore your paycheck to paycheck statement is actually validated by spending money on this necessary project.

[@MrSpy13011]

Ironically the production of weapons produce jobs. I just wish they also invested in other sectors.

[@trader2137]

"80%" roflmao, how about they get a better job or stop being lazy or stop wasting money on expensive clothes, cars, drugs and alcohol?

[@nesseihtgnay9419]

America has become so comfortable for a long time since the Soviet Union fell, alot of fund for technology and military dropped like a cliff, and American talents, educated workers stopped working for the military and went to other fields.

[@andreirachko]

Which is actually a good thing - those talented engineers have probably gone to make far more useful things to advance society than destruction machines.

[@tm-ln4hj]

A lot, it's 2 words, by the way

[@DimaRus-mw5zp]

More like America becom Soviet union 2.0 spending too much money on weapon and the People broke asf

[@piotrd.4850]

@@andreirachko soooo... where are these advances?

[@piotrd.4850]

@@DimaRus-mw5zp US spends half of Cold War budget on defence ( 3.5% GDP vs. record LOW of Cold War 4.9% ) but whooping 18% of GDP on what passes for Healtcare ( while Germany make well with 11% and Poland barely with 6% ). Fix your healthcare alone and you will have cash for infrastructure, lowering budget deficit, military and what not.

[@michaelallman8481]

Please, please tell me (AF) you aren't going to connect these to the Internet. Please.

[@humbleking20]

That's the thing about modern equipment, easy to hack without being anywhere near stick to analog, 4:51

[@Couchintheclouds]

One thing they could do to save money would me to make the new missiles hold 6 mirv warheads instead of 3, cutting the total number of missiles in half but keeping the overall payload the same or larger.

[@TheWaynester101]

That defeats the whole purpose of land based missles

[@THE-X-Force]

That would mean half as many enemy missiles needed to take them out.

[@Couchintheclouds]

@@THE-X-Force not really there is nothing out there that shoots them down during the boost phase when launched from the US. Once in orbit they would break down to 6 war heads each instead of the current 3.

[@THE-X-Force]

@@Couchintheclouds The idea of them being spread out is in anticipation of them being attacked on the ground, before launch. I know what a MIRV is.

[@Meowmeow.age.6]

It is lower than the 1 trillion we will spend on interest payments so it is whatever.

[@snyde02]

General major Aladeen would have been proud of such pointy missiles 🤭

[@jonneye]

Crazy tech

[@krazypinoy6495]

the price of freedom....I'm worried about someone hacking into a "modern" missle site.

[@chrisragona3945]

Considering 3 Trident launch failures recently this is extremely important.

[@MattA-fi5qe]

From what I'm reading that was for the Royal Navy, not the US Navy, and the trident missile is a naval missile not a land based missile. The Sentinel program is specifically for land based missiles.

[@piotrd.4850]

@@MattA-fi5qe Yeah, but these Trident missles are LEASED from USA by Britain and these are NOT particular missiles, but given number of missiles. And Trident II D5 used to be reliable one ( until recently, what 130:1 success ratio? ) .

[@enzofitzhume7320]

Well, be prepared!

[@MUHAMMADHAMZA-jy1lu]

Say no to this nuclear threat.

[@dudepubgm]

Aint no way the government giving out launch sites total cap

[@Elfuego177]

There's no hiding them. Everyone with Google maps can see where the silos are

[@krashd]

The Russians and anyone else with satellites has known exactly how many silos the US has since the day they were built.

[@abdallahmajura2519]

Figure out stuff . We pay a lot taxes😢😢😊

[@amazingamx1255]

Can we have a referendum on this?

[@philipthecow]

I'm curious how many people would be dumb enough to not want the USA to have nukes despite advisaries embracing them.

[@mack-uv6gn]

Whatever it takes

[@augustus331]

Maybe focus on reducing the national debt before spending $150 billion on something that will probably never be used.

[@QLHOOQ]

Trump is guilty of financial fraud and can still run for President and manage the country's finances...Think about it.. Fun fact..Trump added 8 Trillion dollars to the National debt during his 4 years as President..He didn't spend money on healthcare, infrastructure, education etc... Trump added 5 trillion dollars to the National debt in the last year of his Presidency alone...Nobody knows where the money went...

[@LostMySauce]

@@r7winyweird take

[@brotimes7879]

That’s not how the national debt or nuclear deterrence works

[@r7winy]

@@LostMySauce did I srsly get pinged in youtube🙂

[@trader2137]

debt doesnt matter because FED can issue more, japan has 200% gdp debt and its still leading economy. Ignorant.

[@Rixynator]

Good use of money. Keep it up murica

[@codyschlenker6821]

As opposed to losing our position as the superpower? No thanks.

[@Rixynator]

@@codyschlenker6821 superpower at what? Producing fentanyl? Banning TikTok?

[@trader2137]

@@Rixynator military superpower

[@Rixynator]

@@trader2137 while being a third world country? Seems reasonable.

[@trader2137]

@@Rixynator is it third world?

[@sandbridgekid4121]

I would not be surprised that the multi-decade old Minutemen have been replaced more than once during lifetime with a more modern missle that looks like the original.

[@jomogo4644]

I get the 3 legs but why so many silos scale it back to 50 and you still have more then enough

[@zapdog_]

How about $130B on something actually useful like healthcare?

[@lastChang]

China 🇨🇳 started an *arms race* in the entire Indo-Pacific region. - It must be careful what it wishes for.

[@brucewelty7684]

Suit guy is wrong as is the script writer. The "warhead" is not a singular thing. They are MIRVs and the Ruskies have them also. One missle, several targets.

[@specialandroid1603]

Its the nukes in the subs and on the ships that are the most scary

[@jonathanmatthew1263]

healthcare and student loans🤔🤨

[@mehnameehjeff6325]

Uncle Sam: Best I can do is unhealthcare just add it to my tab.

[@justarandomguy6496]

No patient or student will survive if Uncle Sam stopped funding his military power

[@Full6x]

​@@SpaceGringos3DYeah just like USA is responsible for it's foreign debt😅

[@MrSpy13011]

The government does a good job at making you seem it can only be one thing or the other.

[@philipthecow]

Russia talking about using nukes🤔🤨. China silently making a bunch of them 🤔🤨

[@Raz-Al-Raziz]

Lol the American tax payer might be the most abused group this planet has seen 😂😂😂

[@philipthecow]

The American tax payer is abused, but it's far from the worst this planet has seen. If you even think this you have your head in the sand.

[@walterabernathy5663]

It's one step to be more secure They need to get custom chips that do not use ASCII 2.

[@bobtem1246]

can you talk about sarmat missile