Washington, Sept. 19 -- The Pentagon, headquarters of the US Defence Department, has stripped nearly all procurement funding for its Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) program from its fiscal year 2026 budget, effectively pausing new purchases after a major cost overrun triggered a full recertification review last year, as per an RIA Novosti analysis of US defence budgets.
The move follows a January 2024 Nunn-McCurdy review, which was initiated after Sentinel's projected costs ballooned by 81% compared to its 2020 baseline, leading to a "critical cost overrun" amounting to nearly $141 billion.
The bulk of these expense increases was on account of procurement and military construction, as the programme requires extensive up...