Some parts of the nuclear triad can be extended in service, and some cannot, said Gen. Robert Kehler, US Strategic Command boss, Tuesday. “We’ve had great success” extending the service lives of the bomber platforms, he told defense reporters in Washington, D.C., “but I know we’re going to reach the end of the service life of the submarine,” he added, referring to the nation’s Ohio-class ballistic missile-carrying subs. Although there’s debate about “the fidelity of the date” when each nuclear platform simply must be retired, the Ohio-class subs will have to come out of inventory starting in the late 2020s, a factor of “pure…metallurgy,” said Kehler.
B-1 Bomber Task Force Deploys to Misawa, Japan
Oct. 18, 2025
A quartet of B-1Bs from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas have landed at Misawa AB, Japan, likely for a series of exercises with Japanese, U.S. and Australian forces.
