Following the bombastic outpourings of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice confirmed Monday that US concerns about the Iranian nuclear program now are shared across the globe. (DR, 9/20/05) Rice said that the concerns about Iran “have got to be answered.” In her words: “ Iran must be prevented from gaining the technology and the technological know-how that would potentially lead to a nuclear weapon.”
While the Sentinel ICBM program writ large is undergoing a major restructure due to cost and schedule overages, prime contractor Northrop Grumman is touting progress on milestones with the missile itself.