The Sentinel Nuclear Missile - Your $264 Billion Contribution to the Nuclear Arms Race

Former House Armed Services Chair and Ranking Member Adam Smith has publicly criticized the Sentinel Nuclear Missile program, calling to greatly reduce the price tag and scope of the project. On 5/17 in Newsweek he wrote "For the past 20 years, the debate surrounding U.S. nuclear weapon policy has been stagnant, despite the fact that a nuclear exchange between the superpowers would leave a shattered world. Given recent reports from the U.S. Air Force regarding the staggering cost growth of the Sentinel program—a "mega-project" to replace the currently deployed 400 Minuteman III nuclear-armed ground-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs)—we can no longer let momentum alone march us down a $150 billion path that makes our country, and the world, fundamentally less safe." 

The Sentinel Program is so grossly over-budget that it has triggerd a mandatory Congressional review, and yet our members of Congress, save a few like Smith are blindly marching it forward. PSR has noted that the total $264 billion life-cycle cost of the program exceeds the total costs of US Medical Debt, the leading cause of individual bankruptcy. 

As a HASC leader, Smith's criticism of the Sentinel Nuclear Weapon has presented us with an opportunity. The rest of our Congresspeople now have a highly credible opportunity to join the call, but this won't happen unless you and your community demand it. Contact your Congresspeople below and tell them it's time to cancel the Sentinel Nuclear Weapons Program! 

Cancel the Sentinel Nuclear Missile!