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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Skynet will be happy with the easier access…

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

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

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

"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.

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.

What I just watched "Wah wah wah we spent billions on the cold war for nuclear missiles that will never be used and we need to spend another 150 billion to continue to never use them

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

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

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

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

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

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.

If they network the Sentinel system they are NUTS.

Why not keep them analog?

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

The good triangle ;)

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

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.

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".

about time the Minuteman got an upgrade!

Analogue is alot better for security!

@ 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.

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.

It it really an upgrade if it abandons unhackability?

There going to need it

Excellent idea!!!❤

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Can I have the old ones?

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

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

These weapons are truly scary.

Crazy tech

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Im so sick of nukes

Whatever it takes

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

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.

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...

can you talk about sarmat missile

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

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

Yes we do need that The upgrade

Well, be prepared!

As a ICBM lifer, I can attest that these cost overruns will continue. Anything in the NC2 world takes forever to design and approve, and by the time it is approved the tech is obsolete.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Considering 3 Trident launch failures recently this is extremely important.

It might be better to put the land based deterrent on wheels or rails, or in tunnels.

Thought this be done by now

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

More billions for the military industrial complex - thats what happens when you ignore Eisenhower's warning

Honestly shocked it's not costing more

Sentinel should be a bit larger with a bit larger payload capacity and a bit more stealthy features. It is an upgrade from Minuteman but is quite a bit away from the retired Peacekeeper missiles. Something closer to splitting the difference between Minuteman and Peacekeeper would be better.

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.

Aint no way the government giving out launch sites total cap

And the mine shaft gap?

JEEESUS.

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.

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

Can we have a referendum on this?

Sentinel missiles are such a badass name tho

Good use of money. Keep it up murica

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

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.

I actually think the floppy disk method is pretty solid. They update it and it’ll be more vulnerable to hacking.

Was that Zelensky @3:12 ?