{"id":19978,"date":"2024-07-15T11:34:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T15:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=19978"},"modified":"2024-07-15T11:34:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T15:34:51","slug":"nuclear-weapons-and-arms-control-working-group-statement-on-certification-of-wasteful-sentinel-icbm-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/nuclear-weapons-and-arms-control-working-group-statement-on-certification-of-wasteful-sentinel-icbm-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group Statement on Certification of Wasteful Sentinel ICBM Program \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington (July 15, 2024) &#8211; Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-chair of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group (NWAC), along with co-chairs Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Representatives John Garamendi (CA-08) and Don Beyer (VA-08), released the following statement on the Department of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3829985\/department-of-defense-announces-results-of-sentinel-nunn-mccurdy-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">certifying<\/a> the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) program\u2019s breach under the Nunn-McCurdy statute. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 18, 2024, Congress was notified of a \u201ccritical\u201d Nunn-McCurdy breach on the Sentinel program, which is triggered if costs increase by 25% or more over the current baseline cost estimate. Recently, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Dr. William A. LaPlante, announced that a \u201csignificantly modified\u201d Sentinel program is now estimated to cost $140.9 billion, an 81 percent cost increase compared to its 2020 baseline cost estimates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely troubled by the re-certification of the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile program. We have been clear that the Department of Defense must conduct a comprehensive, thorough, and unbiased review of the program, but this review only confirmed what we already knew: the Sentinel program\u2019s astronomical costs are a result of underestimated costs, poor assumptions, incomplete data, and a lack of oversight. Given these egregious overruns and the failure to truly consider viable alternatives, the Air Force&#8217;s decision to continue the Sentinel program is disheartening,\u201d <strong>said the lawmakers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2024, the Congressional Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group led a <a href=\"https:\/\/garamendi.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/garamendi.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/Letter%20to%20Secretary%20Austin%20on%20Sentinel%20Cost%20Overruns-06-24-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">carta<\/a> to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin regarding concerns about the Department of Defense\u2019s handling of the Sentinel ICBM program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington (July 15, 2024) &#8211; Senator Edward J. 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