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Northrop Grumman test new Intercontinental Balistic Missile

Type of event:
New technology presentation

Victims

Wounded

Date

January 16, 2024

What happened

Northrop Grumman Corporation – a world-leading aerospace and defence technology company – has successfully tested Sentinel, a Intercontinental Balistic Missile (ICBM) stage-two solid rocket motor, in a static-fire test at the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Complex. Designed to last until 2075, the Sentinel Programme is a modernisation of the land component of the nation’s strategic triad.

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