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Ground Based Strategic Deterrent

Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center

March 29, 2021 | 6:12

Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, or GBSD, is the next generation ICBM under development. A Megaproject, equivalent to 15 Defense Department programs in scope, design, development, certification and deployment…it will recapitalize or modernize 400 missiles, 450 silos, more than 600 facilities across almost 40,000 square miles of US territory, over 6 states, 3 operational wings and a test location. (Video By Staff Sergeant Franklin Harris)