From Washington, D.C., to Omaha, alarms are blaring louder than ever that when it comes to nuclear weapons, the United States needs more, better and faster.
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The B-1B Lancer bomber, seen at Offutt Air Force Base in August, is scheduled to be replaced by Northrop Grumman’s new B-21 Raider stealth bomber. The first of 100 B-21s is scheduled to join the Air Force fleet in 2027.
An unarmed Minuteman III missile is test-launched at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in February 2021. The Minuteman is the ground-based component of the U.S. nuclear triad. About 400 of them are stored underground in five Plains and Mountain states, including Nebraska.
A Minuteman III missile — without a nuclear warhead — is test-launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in February 2021. The Pentagon has begun work on a replacement ICBM for the 50-year-old Minuteman III called the Sentinel, which would modernize the land-based leg of StratCom's nuclear triad.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Scenes from U.S. Strategic Command's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.
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.
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.
A look at a 69th Bomb Squadron B-52H Stratofortress at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.
A look at a 69th Bomb Squadron B-52H Stratofortress at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A look at a B-1B Lancer at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.
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.
Scenes from U.S. Strategic Command's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.
Scenes from U.S. Strategic Command's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.
Scenes from U.S. Strategic Command's Experience Day at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.
Senior Airman Fels talks to U.S. Strategic Command's Experience Day participants at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.
A U-2 Dragon Lady flies over Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.
A U-2 Dragon Lady flies over Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.
