WSJ level of illustration: Using a Russian Sub in place of the Ohio class SSG/BN and the F-117 night hawk (retired from front line service) as the air leg of the triad. Never change low level intern messing things up.
Not to mention they keep referencing old pictures of the “minute man” but they are clearly the atlas/thor which couldn’t be more different not only in design but time of service
@@abundantharmony You'd be surprised how much of our world still runs on DOS. It's not really a bad thing, DOS is small, simple, and has been extremely well tested. They don't want unexpected bugs with every new software update.
@@AG3n3ricHuman apparently, MS DOS was developed in 1981 and the nuclear missile defense system runs on something from the 70s, so DOS didn't even exist.
It’s not necessarily the military’s fault this time. The pandemic made everyone shut down and almost all governments printed money in greater amounts to keep their people feed. All this has resulted in higher inflation and higher manufacturing and material costs, so it’s not over budget because mismanagement but more so thanks to the global economy.
@@Bouncerboy33 yep Biden is more to blame for this project being over budget than the military. There are plenty of military screwup’s but this is not one of them.
@@Chris-rg6nmYou have to tap old wiring to get access and with its limited hardware and software that almost no one knows anymore it gives you an edge over newer technology and hacking
@@akula625 Or wait for somebody to forget to reset a timer/drug or poison crew and send a launch command with a RF modem from above. I'd bet China knows how. They monitor the applicable RF frequencies for this reason. The system has remote launch capabilities.
The term *"phone phreaking"* originated with hackers breaking into analog telephone systems. Modern digital encryption can make communication impossible to crack with brute force. It's inaccurate to say that analog is more secure than digital.
It's not even a 5.25 in floppy of the 80s and 90s! It's the older 8-inch floppy made in 1972! Remember, floppy disks have a very finite life, so whoever still makes them must charge a fortune for each one.
is this a sciencephile A.I. reference, because if it is, then this would be amazing!!! though I do belive that G.A.I. might overshadow this technological mishap.
"I think that it’s our responsibility to figure out how to use AI responsibly to maximize the amount of pain we inflict on the bad guys." -Palmer Lucky, founder of Anduril Defense Industries.
"Rocket" Dear WSJ, we call it a booster, and the "large" and "small" rockets are the stages. What's re-entering also isn't purely a warhead, of which there can be multiple (multiple independent re-entry vehices, MIRVs), but the bus with warheads on top.
Booster is short for booster rocket. There is no need to pretend this is a NASA video when it is not. The same NASA who can't get a human on the moon after 50 years no matter how much they say they are going to. They just keep pushing back the dates - gladly paying Tuesday for a hamburger today is their reality.
This was my initial reaction. For those who don’t care or don’t want the correct answer: being given correct information is never a bad thing, knowledge is power and the American society seems to be powerless lately….
There is no value in smuggling them anywhere. You can calculate a parabolic trajectory from Wyoming to St. Petersburg with a pencil and paper if you wanted too.
It is pretty crazy that we are only on our 2nd generation of ICBM missile tech and that the sentinel will only be the third. By contrast, we are working on 6th generation attack aircraft now.
Every rocket that goes to space consists of at least two stages, I don't know of one that ever made it that didn't The idea is that once one stage uses up it's fuel it's jettisoned so that the rocket doesn't have to keep dragging that weight all the way up.
It's not so much wrong, so as being meant to communicate an idea to people who don't know nearly as much about the topic as you and I do - such as some investors.
Why would a Russian sub be flying the US flag ? If you pause the clip is easy to see. I looks like a Virginia class. www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2001299018/
No money in that for the military-industrial complex. They want to sell you new shiny weapons that never get used anyway(or work correctly in the first place).
I hope they do not do something stupid like connecting these silos to the internet. I hope they stick to old analog systems since its a lot harder for the hardware to break.
@@philipthecow I would suggest QR codes. That way they can be directly verified by any party on any device. Where SD cards could always be harboring some kind of 'Bad USB' capability. Remember StuxNet was smuggled in a software enabled water pump. The QR code would store the quadratic equation used to actually draw out the parabolic trajectory. Thus only a very rudimentary computer would be required on the missile. The software for which would then not end up exposed to some party each time you wanted to program a new target. This would also offer protection from tampering as each and every missile would have to be compromised separately. It should be quite difficult to disguise in a parabolic curve anything other than a parabolic curve. Though embedded spies using the QR codes to communicate an ECC curve might be one possible issue.
The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.
What a bunch of word salad. Put simply, the Minuteman (and all over the horizon targeting missiles) have an inertial guidance system. It is mode up of a guidance computer with a group of accelerometers and gyroscopes Using the point of origin and inputs from its accelerometers and gyros, it COMPUTES its position along its computed flight path at given time of flight after launch. It does it periodically and compares its computed position with its pre launch programmed flight path and adjusts flight accordingly.
@ 4:19 INCORRECT! You have to hack 3 control centers that are on the same loop to fire just 1 minuteman missile. The missiles are deterrent (defense) missiles. The failsafe is that One control center cannot launch any of their 10 minuteman missile on its own it takes two other control centers to direct their missiles to launch before a missile in any of the three control centers can launch.
@perniciouspete4986 hopefully so.. 🙏 no country should have nuclear weapons to begin with, won't make a difference if one has 1000 or 100 whenever the war breaks out everyone loses..
Tom Karako sure is good at saying "Uhhhhhhhhhh". I took a shot of vodka every time he did, and now I'm standing naked on the edge of my bed while insisting that my girlfriend call me "The Minuteman".
I was a Missile Systems Analyst on Minuteman II missile sites. So many errors in this vid. But then most likely only us that worked on them would spot it.
...while other countries would simply adjust the amount in their computer systems without wasting a single drop of ink 😂 That's until the real professionals take over and from the internet experts and realize this would lower the purchasing power of a currency and everbody has a good laugh
Lets be honest, these aren't THAT important. What is important are the nuclear submarines with multiple warheads on 1 missile that can reach a target almost instantly hanging out on a targets coast. Thats the real nuclear deterrent. I'd prefer we'd just cut this budget and invest into those submarines at like a 50% cut.
Probably because a lot of that stuff isnt manufactured anymore, and it would be much more expensive and complex to manufacture/design. I think the biggest hurdle is nobody knows those systems either. Us people who know electronics, computers, and software from the 40's-80's are a dying breed.
@@ain92ru Probably because a lot of that stuff isnt manufactured anymore, and it would be much more expensive and complex to manufacture/design. I think the biggest hurdle is nobody knows those systems either. Us people who know electronics, computers, and software from the 40's-80's are a dying breed.
@@ain92ru This route is very commonly the cheapest route; reverse engineering old tech and then restarting manufacturing lines is more costly than designing new tech using existing processes and manufacturing. This is very common in many areas of industry.
Sentinel should be a bit larger with a bit larger payload capacity and a bit more stealthy features. It is an upgrade from Minuteman but is quite a bit away from the retired Peacekeeper missiles. Something closer to splitting the difference between Minuteman and Peacekeeper would be better.
Being over budget is a problem. But the correction can be added value with additional capabilities instead of cutting costs and accepting lower capabilities.
I thought we didn’t have money for universal healthcare? What about the federal debt? Sky high interest rates? Got money for everything but what helps average Americans.
Teachers are like, hmm can we get some new books for the school? Nah, we don't have the budget... Can we make some new nukes? Oh yeah, what do you need, a few hundred billion dollars? No prob!
Except if the enemy managed to destroy America's massive ELF antennae before any attack they'd have no need to destroy the subs because the subs would never even know an attack was going on.
@@krashd that ideal is flawed because they have many different types of communication systems, no jet, ship, or submarine relies on just one type. There's backup systems for backup systems, except in Russia where they shoot their own planes down. I'm not even sure Russia wouldn't shoot their own nukes down at this point, which also makes them vulnerable from responding countries
Elf's the only one that can talk to a submerged sub over range though and a surfaced sub is a ship and visible to radar and satellite although they're all visible to the newer spy sats unless below 300 feet of water. @@rogerrantz2024
To my recollection LGM-118 had some real drawbacks. Using multiple empty silos as decoys is a good strategy. But then they went and colocated the silos to a degree that made that whole concept redundant. What is needed for that strategy to work is to have separate silos located all over the country. Then integrate that system with the domestic rail network. Thus nobody ever knows which silos are truly armed and which ones have decoy missiles. I'd be happy to handle the logistics, I have considerable experience in the area.
@@RichardDressler Agreed. And there was supposed to be a rail mobile version of Peacekeeper. Not sure how many of those were actually built. There is one sitting outside the Air Force Museum at Wright-Pat, but that may just be a "proof of concept" item. My biggest problem with Minuteman is the amount of time that solid fuel has been sitting there. I would hope that is swapped out periodically, but my confidence level is low as that costs money and our strategic deterrent has been a low priority since the fall of the Soviet Union.
You have a lubby dubby view of the world if you think that military spending isn't needed, and that world hunger can be solved if we all just worked together. World hunger / poverty is NOT due to a lack of funds. In fact it's not even due to a lack of funds in countries that have poverty.
One thing they could do to save money would me to make the new missiles hold 6 mirv warheads instead of 3, cutting the total number of missiles in half but keeping the overall payload the same or larger.
@@THE-X-Force not really there is nothing out there that shoots them down during the boost phase when launched from the US. Once in orbit they would break down to 6 war heads each instead of the current 3.
@@dimbasznot just that, falcon 9 is a liquid fuel space rocket that has a long and complicated launch process - once the order comes in to launch it takes hours to get ready. Where as Minuteman is a ready to go solid stage, you open the door and press the button and it goes. That guy saying they should use falcon 9 for nukes is very ignorant
What a missed opportunity! In 1990 the MGM-134a Small ICBM that was designed on mobile launchers was designed and abandoned at the end of the Cold War. Simply modernize those and replace the Minuteman missiles with these, some in silos and others on their mobile launchers! It would save money on development costs to modernize something already tested in 1990!
That was the socalled Midgetman? Remember that weapon but cant remember how many kt warhead it had. Also in those days the Peacekeeper missile. Both unfortunately taken out of service. 😟
America has become so comfortable for a long time since the Soviet Union fell, alot of fund for technology and military dropped like a cliff, and American talents, educated workers stopped working for the military and went to other fields.
Which is actually a good thing - those talented engineers have probably gone to make far more useful things to advance society than destruction machines.
@@DimaRus-mw5zp US spends half of Cold War budget on defence ( 3.5% GDP vs. record LOW of Cold War 4.9% ) but whooping 18% of GDP on what passes for Healtcare ( while Germany make well with 11% and Poland barely with 6% ). Fix your healthcare alone and you will have cash for infrastructure, lowering budget deficit, military and what not.
Should have kept at least half of the Peacekeeper's, but no!!! The US had to sign treaties. Now look, they're crying over cost. Upgrade the land leg of the Triad, with the ability to carry at least 3 MIRV's.
What I just watched "Wah wah wah we spent billions on the cold war for nuclear missiles that will never be used and we need to spend another 150 billion to continue to never use them
This estimate was raised to $140.9 billion in July 2024 following a Nunn-McCurdy review. The Program Acquisition Unit Cost (PAUC) has risen from an estimated $118 million per missile in 2020 to approximately $162 million as of December 2023.
We've already spent way more than 130 billion on the homeless, and it clearly isn't working. Regardless, the homeless aren't immune to a nuclear attack, so any national defense program defends them too.
We could ask Raytheon to give them all jobs. Two birds with one stone. We just need to keep our eyes out for potential spies. Russians after all invariably look and smell the same. (I am actually half way serious about that by the way. 😁 )
From what I'm reading that was for the Royal Navy, not the US Navy, and the trident missile is a naval missile not a land based missile. The Sentinel program is specifically for land based missiles.
@@MattA-fi5qe Yeah, but these Trident missles are LEASED from USA by Britain and these are NOT particular missiles, but given number of missiles. And Trident II D5 used to be reliable one ( until recently, what 130:1 success ratio? ) .
The Cold war is over. Why are we still playing this game? We are suppose to have already dismantled and decommissioned our nuclear arsenals? The war is over. What am I missing here. Hello.
As a ICBM lifer, I can attest that these cost overruns will continue. Anything in the NC2 world takes forever to design and approve, and by the time it is approved the tech is obsolete.
It’s a sick world we live in when we’re spending $130b on weapons that sit and collect dust while 80% of people live paycheck to paycheck that ultimately stems from greed.
Please realize that when the government puts out a contract, it allows for economic growth with companies, which leads to workers getting paid. Therefore your paycheck to paycheck statement is actually validated by spending money on this necessary project.
@@ChapWariahThe United States focuses on planes and aircraft carriers to project power around the world. Russia, Iran, North Korea and most other countries tend to focusing on missiles, rockets, and any other type of arms to counter the United States and its Western allies. Nuclear weapons is basically what protects Russia from regime change by NATO and the reason Russia can take their time dealing with Ukraine, without any third country militarily intervening.
37% over budget is probably the best a US military project ever achieved 💀
37% is the current projection before major work has started. Just you wait.
Unfortunately, you’re right.
@@LordBillington421:55
hilariously true. f35? 1.7 trillion.....over 10x this nonsense
Actually Viriginia class made quite all right.
WSJ level of illustration: Using a Russian Sub in place of the Ohio class SSG/BN and the F-117 night hawk (retired from front line service) as the air leg of the triad.
Never change low level intern messing things up.
Didn’t want to be picky but it looks nothing like b2
Did you know other nations have a nuclear triad and the USA has had it in the past?
Not to mention they keep referencing old pictures of the “minute man” but they are clearly the atlas/thor which couldn’t be more different not only in design but time of service
Who cares lol
@@robertlutz8487The Thor looks straight 1950's thus why they used the still.
The obsolete floppy disks and interfaces aren't a bug it's a feature.
Think one of those floppies has Missile Command on it?
*casually insert msdos bug into it*
@@DonVetto-vx9dd you think they run DOS?
@@abundantharmony You'd be surprised how much of our world still runs on DOS. It's not really a bad thing, DOS is small, simple, and has been extremely well tested. They don't want unexpected bugs with every new software update.
@@AG3n3ricHuman apparently, MS DOS was developed in 1981 and the nuclear missile defense system runs on something from the 70s, so DOS didn't even exist.
I'm confused why are they showing Atlas missiles and calling them Minuteman
They're telling a story bruh
If they knew anything about rockets, would they really work for a news paper?
I don't know the difference between the missiles
Because noone cares enough to know the difference between the two
@@ILovePancakes24And that is not a problem because you aren't the WSJ doing a story on them.
US military going over budget? What? I AM SO SHOCKED
Unbelievable, how could the US military do such a thing...
@@AdrianA-mo5qd And where'd they get it? Tax the citizens more? Steal from poorer contries that can't defend? 🤔
It’s not necessarily the military’s fault this time. The pandemic made everyone shut down and almost all governments printed money in greater amounts to keep their people feed. All this has resulted in higher inflation and higher manufacturing and material costs, so it’s not over budget because mismanagement but more so thanks to the global economy.
Yep. Bidenomics. AKA, Empty Wallet Syndrome.
@@Bouncerboy33 yep Biden is more to blame for this project being over budget than the military. There are plenty of military screwup’s but this is not one of them.
1970's analog technology is much more difficult to hack, therefore, we're going to upgrade it to 21st century technology
It's not more difficult to hack
This argument was so weak and ridiculous. Yeah a stick and stone is also difficult to hack, but I would rather have a more advanced weapons system.
@@Chris-rg6nmYou have to tap old wiring to get access and with its limited hardware and software that almost no one knows anymore it gives you an edge over newer technology and hacking
@@akula625 Or wait for somebody to forget to reset a timer/drug or poison crew and send a launch command with a RF modem from above. I'd bet China knows how.
They monitor the applicable RF frequencies for this reason. The system has remote launch capabilities.
The term *"phone phreaking"* originated with hackers breaking into analog telephone systems. Modern digital encryption can make communication impossible to crack with brute force. It's inaccurate to say that analog is more secure than digital.
According to this video, the other legs of the nuclear triad are a Russian sub and a F-117.
4:11 Def wasn't expecting a Giant floppy disk to appear out of nowhere.
Wasn't a giant floppy, was just a tiny man. That was your regular 1" floppy
I was. I'm surprised they finally replaced those things in the Minutemans.
This guy knows how to surprise 😂
🤣😅😅🤣
dam I had kick back when he pulled up that floppy disk
It's not even a 5.25 in floppy of the 80s and 90s! It's the older 8-inch floppy made in 1972! Remember, floppy disks have a very finite life, so whoever still makes them must charge a fortune for each one.
@@downinla4076 all physical media has a finite life
Did your heart flutter and creak reminding you of your time soon?
The world runs on legacy system and legacy code. **shrug**
That was an old school 8 incher too.
And we spent billions on other countries and we can’t spend billions to upgrade our defense system that’s wild
Skynet will be happy with the easier access…
is this a sciencephile A.I. reference, because if it is, then this would be amazing!!!
though I do belive that G.A.I. might overshadow this technological mishap.
The access code is.....John Connor
SkyNet won't touch it, the UK and the US are allies.
True
"I think that it’s our responsibility to figure out how to use AI responsibly to maximize the amount of pain we inflict on the bad guys." -Palmer Lucky, founder of Anduril Defense Industries.
"Delivered in 30 minutes, or the next one is free."
"Rocket" Dear WSJ, we call it a booster, and the "large" and "small" rockets are the stages. What's re-entering also isn't purely a warhead, of which there can be multiple (multiple independent re-entry vehices, MIRVs), but the bus with warheads on top.
Booster is short for booster rocket. There is no need to pretend this is a NASA video when it is not. The same NASA who can't get a human on the moon after 50 years no matter how much they say they are going to. They just keep pushing back the dates - gladly paying Tuesday for a hamburger today is their reality.
“NEEEEERRRRD!”
You are splitting hairs most people won't remember the difference anyway. This is designed for the layperson, not a rocket enthusiast.
Yous is smart. Yous is important
This was my initial reaction. For those who don’t care or don’t want the correct answer: being given correct information is never a bad thing, knowledge is power and the American society seems to be powerless lately….
What a sad, sad fact for Humanity that we need these.
I know. Not just what we need.
What’s sadder is that some think we need them.
Ever heard of disarmament agreements?
Meh. I think the Us just estimates everything, has ego problems and always wants to be the daddy of everything.
@@batterybuilding🤦🏿♂️ weeelll,,since we have enemies that have them we have no choice but to have them as a deterrent..
“Resilient against all those kinda things” Great Interview, such a wordsmith
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ICBMs are not a defensive system, they are a deterrence system.
I like how everything is a struggle now. But in the 50s-70s everything just worked. The greatest generation is missed today.
Not sure everything just worked (Apollo 1, Apollo 13) but we do look at the past with a fondness.
Yes you are mostly correct, but also the Military budget was still MASSIVE to make everything work 'correct'
Can we please get rid of daylight savings first, it’s free and we all want it
Dog they already got rid of it
No they haven't time just changed a couple of weeks ago....@@emilie6466
@@emilie6466its not gone though
@@emilie6466Who got rid of it? I live in the US, and I still changed my clock to daylight savings time.
I hate daylight savings lol
Any plans on spending 1/4 as much to replace their IT system and government services? Ya know, so we ain't getting 2008 government services in 2024.
at least the doomsday floppydisk are to big to smuggle out of the Silo
Underrated.
Given there isn't much data on those disks, you could probably write out the 1s and 0s and smuggle it out, bit by bit.
There is no value in smuggling them anywhere. You can calculate a parabolic trajectory from Wyoming to St. Petersburg with a pencil and paper if you wanted too.
It is pretty crazy that we are only on our 2nd generation of ICBM missile tech and that the sentinel will only be the third. By contrast, we are working on 6th generation attack aircraft now.
So according to WSJ the minuteman consists of rockets inside rockets - They are called stages how can one get something so basic wrong?
Conventional wisdom for journalism: No need for any worldly aptitude, by practitioners.
Every rocket that goes to space consists of at least two stages, I don't know of one that ever made it that didn't The idea is that once one stage uses up it's fuel it's jettisoned so that the rocket doesn't have to keep dragging that weight all the way up.
@@AG3n3ricHumanSome suborbital designs (like the V2) have one stage.
It's not so much wrong, so as being meant to communicate an idea to people who don't know nearly as much about the topic as you and I do - such as some investors.
@@jeffbenton6183 Ah, that's right. Somehow I keep forgetting that "space" doesn't necessarily mean "in or past orbit."
0:50 That's a Russian Yasen-class submarine.
Why would a Russian sub be flying the US flag ? If you pause the clip is easy to see. I looks like a Virginia class. www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2001299018/
"Greetings Professor Falken. Would you like to play a game of chess?"
Why not keep them analog?
Analog systems are much more primitive and can't be upgraded with modern targeting hardware.
No money in that for the military-industrial complex. They want to sell you new shiny weapons that never get used anyway(or work correctly in the first place).
Because good luck trying to find a floppy today. Just like you can't find missile parts that haven't been made for 30 years.
They are digital.
@@atomic_bombaIt's a nuke, it doesn't need to be that accurate, if you hit the right, military base or street it's all good.
I hope they do not do something stupid like connecting these silos to the internet. I hope they stick to old analog systems since its a lot harder for the hardware to break.
They connected our elections to the web, so what's the big deal about having our nukes connected?
Hot take but this is needed, it will save us so much money in the long term, the upkeep on those old floppy disk ran Missiles is insane
I agree. People complaining about cost don’t understand that this is something normal and it does happen. All the time.
@@Millsmills586 liberals love spending money for wars
@@Millsmills586 Obama Biden duo combined most excess deaths in history
*Then there's AI that can potentially be used to hack these new missiles and well...*
@@Millsmills586 INDIA TECH NEEDS TO RETURN TO HOMEROOM
If they network the Sentinel system they are NUTS.
I was thinking that. Lets hope they don't pick "secure ethernet" LOL
My solution would be the ICBM uses SD cards and spits out a hash of all the programs on a screen so that it could be verified.
@@philipthecow
I would suggest QR codes. That way they can be directly verified by any party on any device. Where SD cards could always be harboring some kind of 'Bad USB' capability. Remember StuxNet was smuggled in a software enabled water pump.
The QR code would store the quadratic equation used to actually draw out the parabolic trajectory. Thus only a very rudimentary computer would be required on the missile. The software for which would then not end up exposed to some party each time you wanted to program a new target. This would also offer protection from tampering as each and every missile would have to be compromised separately.
It should be quite difficult to disguise in a parabolic curve anything other than a parabolic curve. Though embedded spies using the QR codes to communicate an ECC curve might be one possible issue.
What do you mean by that?
These weapons are truly scary.
The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't.
In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was.
The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.
I still don't understand how it knows where it is?
What a bunch of word salad. Put simply, the Minuteman (and all over the horizon targeting missiles) have an inertial guidance system. It is mode up of a guidance computer with a group of accelerometers and gyroscopes Using the point of origin and inputs from its accelerometers and gyros, it COMPUTES its position along its computed flight path at given time of flight after launch. It does it periodically and compares its computed position with its pre launch programmed flight path and adjusts flight accordingly.
about time the Minuteman got an upgrade!
Really important to see this project through. Do not cut anything
Waste of money
@@oscarlugo5765 having a visual third leg of the deterrent is priceless
Yeah don’t talk about it.
I can tell you for a fact, these misales are not in just 5 states. I know they have them all over alaska too
@ 4:19 INCORRECT! You have to hack 3 control centers that are on the same loop to fire just 1 minuteman missile. The missiles are deterrent (defense) missiles. The failsafe is that One control center cannot launch any of their 10 minuteman missile on its own it takes two other control centers to direct their missiles to launch before a missile in any of the three control centers can launch.
I suspect that any hack would be used to prevent the missiles from being launched, rather then to launch them.
Thanks for the info!🤬
@perniciouspete4986 hopefully so.. 🙏 no country should have nuclear weapons to begin with, won't make a difference if one has 1000 or 100 whenever the war breaks out everyone loses..
Tom Karako sure is good at saying "Uhhhhhhhhhh". I took a shot of vodka every time he did, and now I'm standing naked on the edge of my bed while insisting that my girlfriend call me "The Minuteman".
I was a Missile Systems Analyst on Minuteman II missile sites. So many errors in this vid. But then most likely only us that worked on them would spot it.
Looks like US never runs out of money, why? cause they can literally print dollars 😂
We've done quite well since we moved from the gold standard to the plutonium backed dollar
...while other countries would simply adjust the amount in their computer systems without wasting a single drop of ink 😂
That's until the real professionals take over and from the internet experts and realize this would lower the purchasing power of a currency and everbody has a good laugh
Lets be honest, these aren't THAT important. What is important are the nuclear submarines with multiple warheads on 1 missile that can reach a target almost instantly hanging out on a targets coast. Thats the real nuclear deterrent. I'd prefer we'd just cut this budget and invest into those submarines at like a 50% cut.
Presidential candidates always pledge to make changes once in office but once they find out how things really work, they usually have a change in mind
Voters go out of their way to elect politicians who lie to them.
Analogue is alot better for security!
Why not keep it analog? Update the missles to be as safe as possible. Digital tech. is not safe in the age of A.I.
Probably because a lot of that stuff isnt manufactured anymore, and it would be much more expensive and complex to manufacture/design.
I think the biggest hurdle is nobody knows those systems either. Us people who know electronics, computers, and software from the 40's-80's are a dying breed.
Agreed, I feel a lot safer if it was kept analog.
@@silvy7394 Why do you think building new "21st century" missiles from scratch will be cheaper?
@@ain92ru Probably because a lot of that stuff isnt manufactured anymore, and it would be much more expensive and complex to manufacture/design.
I think the biggest hurdle is nobody knows those systems either. Us people who know electronics, computers, and software from the 40's-80's are a dying breed.
@@ain92ru This route is very commonly the cheapest route; reverse engineering old tech and then restarting manufacturing lines is more costly than designing new tech using existing processes and manufacturing. This is very common in many areas of industry.
Sentinel should be a bit larger with a bit larger payload capacity and a bit more stealthy features. It is an upgrade from Minuteman but is quite a bit away from the retired Peacekeeper missiles. Something closer to splitting the difference between Minuteman and Peacekeeper would be better.
Being over budget is a problem. But the correction can be added value with additional capabilities instead of cutting costs and accepting lower capabilities.
Im so sick of nukes
you're tired of all the nuclear bombings huh
Poor guy
it is becouse you stockpile them in yours cellar.
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NO... Sorry I thought you were talking to me.
Honestly shocked it's not costing more
It will, a lot more.
that big floppy disk certainly got mutated after years of radioactive exposure
Those are probably 8 inch floppies, for when the 5 1/4 size just ain't big enough.
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It say's 511 on the disk.
I thought we didn’t have money for universal healthcare? What about the federal debt? Sky high interest rates? Got money for everything but what helps average Americans.
The good triangle ;)
Say no to this nuclear threat.
General major Aladeen would have been proud of such pointy missiles 🤭
Why didnt we keep the MX system going. Would have saved $150b.
They spent 35 billion in Ukraine but are questioning spending that on our nuclear missle program.
Shi crazy asf. I’m confused on that also
Dude said "who needs nukes?" 🤷♂️
Which is better, saving democracy or saving the homeless???????
You realize it is principally spent on the American Military support structure in either case?
Teachers are like, hmm can we get some new books for the school? Nah, we don't have the budget... Can we make some new nukes? Oh yeah, what do you need, a few hundred billion dollars? No prob!
Complain to your state
Naval sub's are more important, you can't destroy what you can't find
Correct. SLBMs are the most important part of the triad. Bombers the least important because they will probably be shot down.
Except if the enemy managed to destroy America's massive ELF antennae before any attack they'd have no need to destroy the subs because the subs would never even know an attack was going on.
@@krashd that ideal is flawed because they have many different types of communication systems, no jet, ship, or submarine relies on just one type. There's backup systems for backup systems, except in Russia where they shoot their own planes down. I'm not even sure Russia wouldn't shoot their own nukes down at this point, which also makes them vulnerable from responding countries
@@krashd LOL......don't bet on it.
Elf's the only one that can talk to a submerged sub over range though and a surfaced sub is a ship and visible to radar and satellite although they're all visible to the newer spy sats unless below 300 feet of water. @@rogerrantz2024
Funny - we HAD a replacement; Peacekeeper (LGM-118). Built 50 silos IIRC, then decommissioned them in 2005.
To my recollection LGM-118 had some real drawbacks. Using multiple empty silos as decoys is a good strategy. But then they went and colocated the silos to a degree that made that whole concept redundant.
What is needed for that strategy to work is to have separate silos located all over the country. Then integrate that system with the domestic rail network. Thus nobody ever knows which silos are truly armed and which ones have decoy missiles. I'd be happy to handle the logistics, I have considerable experience in the area.
@@RichardDressler Agreed. And there was supposed to be a rail mobile version of Peacekeeper. Not sure how many of those were actually built. There is one sitting outside the Air Force Museum at Wright-Pat, but that may just be a "proof of concept" item.
My biggest problem with Minuteman is the amount of time that solid fuel has been sitting there. I would hope that is swapped out periodically, but my confidence level is low as that costs money and our strategic deterrent has been a low priority since the fall of the Soviet Union.
make tea not war people. love is the only thing that is going to save the day
There is no love in politics
That's a nice thought.
🐑
Ok Disney Princess, but the rest of us have to live in the real world.
A wonderful sentiment that I agree with. Sadly, unless everyone devotes to practice love, peace, and goodwill, we will always need the tools of war
They should have kept the new Peace Keeper missiles. Instead they get retired and the Minute Man 3 is kept.
Agree, the Peacekeeper ICBM wss probably the best missile ever made.
It is lower than the 1 trillion we will spend on interest payments so it is whatever.
Real title: Heres our new military budget propeganda
the price of freedom....I'm worried about someone hacking into a "modern" missle site.
Just what we need
Again
How much do we need to solve world hunger?
130b dollars on firepower....
why would you want to "solve" world hunger? maybe its just easier to reduce the population, or get rid of people that are starving?
You have a lubby dubby view of the world if you think that military spending isn't needed, and that world hunger can be solved if we all just worked together. World hunger / poverty is NOT due to a lack of funds. In fact it's not even due to a lack of funds in countries that have poverty.
It it really an upgrade if it abandons unhackability?
One thing they could do to save money would me to make the new missiles hold 6 mirv warheads instead of 3, cutting the total number of missiles in half but keeping the overall payload the same or larger.
That defeats the whole purpose of land based missles
That would mean half as many enemy missiles needed to take them out.
@@THE-X-Force not really there is nothing out there that shoots them down during the boost phase when launched from the US. Once in orbit they would break down to 6 war heads each instead of the current 3.
@@Couchintheclouds The idea of them being spread out is in anticipation of them being attacked on the ground, before launch. I know what a MIRV is.
60 year old missiles? Im sure they still work fine. My 60 year tv still works fine😂
why dont they plant that warhead on a space x rocket. lol
How many SpaceX rockets have you seen being launched from underground silos?
Spacex smallest rocket is the Falcon 9 which is too big to be used as an ICBM.
@@dimbasznot just that, falcon 9 is a liquid fuel space rocket that has a long and complicated launch process - once the order comes in to launch it takes hours to get ready. Where as Minuteman is a ready to go solid stage, you open the door and press the button and it goes. That guy saying they should use falcon 9 for nukes is very ignorant
@@felixf4378 Wuss
What a missed opportunity! In 1990 the MGM-134a Small ICBM that was designed on mobile launchers was designed and abandoned at the end of the Cold War. Simply modernize those and replace the Minuteman missiles with these, some in silos and others on their mobile launchers! It would save money on development costs to modernize something already tested in 1990!
It's probably easier to start from scratch then take a design from the 1990s. Things like electronics and industrial products will have changed.
That was the socalled Midgetman? Remember that weapon but cant remember how many kt warhead it had. Also in those days the Peacekeeper missile. Both unfortunately taken out of service. 😟
America has become so comfortable for a long time since the Soviet Union fell, alot of fund for technology and military dropped like a cliff, and American talents, educated workers stopped working for the military and went to other fields.
Which is actually a good thing - those talented engineers have probably gone to make far more useful things to advance society than destruction machines.
A lot, it's 2 words, by the way
More like America becom Soviet union 2.0 spending too much money on weapon and the People broke asf
@@andreirachko soooo... where are these advances?
@@DimaRus-mw5zp US spends half of Cold War budget on defence ( 3.5% GDP vs. record LOW of Cold War 4.9% ) but whooping 18% of GDP on what passes for Healtcare ( while Germany make well with 11% and Poland barely with 6% ). Fix your healthcare alone and you will have cash for infrastructure, lowering budget deficit, military and what not.
Crazy idea: just don't fix them. We don't need them. ICBMS are outdated.
That's not the warhead - that is the tip that carries multiple warheads.
Though every minuteman III currently carries only a single warhead due to the START I treaty.
Should have kept at least half of the Peacekeeper's, but no!!! The US had to sign treaties.
Now look, they're crying over cost.
Upgrade the land leg of the Triad, with the ability to carry at least 3 MIRV's.
To retire the Peacekeeper was a really bad idea. 😡
What I just watched "Wah wah wah we spent billions on the cold war for nuclear missiles that will never be used and we need to spend another 150 billion to continue to never use them
Exactly lol
This estimate was raised to $140.9 billion in July 2024 following a Nunn-McCurdy review. The Program Acquisition Unit Cost (PAUC) has risen from an estimated $118 million per missile in 2020 to approximately $162 million as of December 2023.
So each ICBM will cost around $150 Million each. This is just insane, and they just keep getting away with it.
You miss the part about rebuilding the silos and the thousands of miles of underground communication cables.
Sentinel missiles are such a badass name tho
imagine if those $130 billions goes to building shelters for the homeless along with rehabilitation program and providing them with jobs
Aww how cute 🤗
We've already spent way more than 130 billion on the homeless, and it clearly isn't working.
Regardless, the homeless aren't immune to a nuclear attack, so any national defense program defends them too.
Image if Russia retargeted their ICBMs to homeless shelters
We could ask Raytheon to give them all jobs. Two birds with one stone.
We just need to keep our eyes out for potential spies. Russians after all invariably look and smell the same.
(I am actually half way serious about that by the way. 😁 )
Can we have a referendum on this?
I'm curious how many people would be dumb enough to not want the USA to have nukes despite advisaries embracing them.
Considering 3 Trident launch failures recently this is extremely important.
From what I'm reading that was for the Royal Navy, not the US Navy, and the trident missile is a naval missile not a land based missile. The Sentinel program is specifically for land based missiles.
@@MattA-fi5qe Yeah, but these Trident missles are LEASED from USA by Britain and these are NOT particular missiles, but given number of missiles. And Trident II D5 used to be reliable one ( until recently, what 130:1 success ratio? ) .
THE DUMMY WARHEAD SHROUD FOR THE SENTINEL MISSILE LOOKS VERY GOOD. HAS THE USA BEEN LOOKING AT INDIAN CARBONFIBER STEALTH MISSILE SHROUDS.
How about $130B on something actually useful like healthcare?
The Cold war is over. Why are we still playing this game? We are suppose to have already dismantled and decommissioned our nuclear arsenals? The war is over. What am I missing here. Hello.
As long as Russia and China have a nuclear arsenal so will the US.
China 🇨🇳 started an *arms race* in the entire Indo-Pacific region.
- It must be careful what it wishes for.
As a ICBM lifer, I can attest that these cost overruns will continue. Anything in the NC2 world takes forever to design and approve, and by the time it is approved the tech is obsolete.
It’s a sick world we live in when we’re spending $130b on weapons that sit and collect dust while 80% of people live paycheck to paycheck that ultimately stems from greed.
You can move to another country if you want... maybe there lack of military spending means they have no poverty right? Oh wait.... they do...
Please realize that when the government puts out a contract, it allows for economic growth with companies, which leads to workers getting paid. Therefore your paycheck to paycheck statement is actually validated by spending money on this necessary project.
Ironically the production of weapons produce jobs. I just wish they also invested in other sectors.
"80%" roflmao, how about they get a better job or stop being lazy or stop wasting money on expensive clothes, cars, drugs and alcohol?
Yea, lets give up democracy for for saving a few dollars...makes sense to me!!!
Out of all the tech you would think we could create an atmosphere perfect for missiles to be kept for long periods of time.
Figure out stuff . We pay a lot taxes😢😢😊
That was hilarious and awesome he just randomly pulled up a large floppy disk out if nowhere
More billions for the military industrial complex - thats what happens when you ignore Eisenhower's warning
Powell better keep that printer ready
$130B could build 1300 hospitals
Building them isn't the number to focus on. Cost of running them is.
The reason you have hospitals is because of these missiles
you dont need more hospitals in us.
In other news, little Timmy paid off all his friends' lunch debt with just a lemonade stand and some elbow grease! You go Timmy
Good use of money. Keep it up murica
As opposed to losing our position as the superpower? No thanks.
@@codyschlenker6821 superpower at what? Producing fentanyl? Banning TikTok?
@@Rixynator military superpower
@@trader2137 while being a third world country? Seems reasonable.
@@Rixynator is it third world?
Yes we do need that The upgrade
we should call them Phoenix Missiles. Mom liked the name.
Aint no way the government giving out launch sites total cap
There's no hiding them. Everyone with Google maps can see where the silos are
The Russians and anyone else with satellites has known exactly how many silos the US has since the day they were built.
WSJ showing their skillful research and editing skills. No wonder no one listens to the msm
more excuses to print money 💰 😅😂😂😂😂 America is gonna collapse the world Economy with their Paranoia and Reckless Money Printing
Seeing shape of our nuclear arsenal makes me worry about the shape Russian arsenal.
If the USA is struggling to update this, Russia’s arsenal must be 10% active at most
Then there's Nut Korea and China
10% of 5000 nuclear warheads is still a lot of destructive power.
They already updated and did a test fire. Ours can launch up to 3 warheads while theirs can do 15.
Look up the RS-28 Sarmat “SATAN II”
Russia is the world's leader in rocket & missile RnD. This is one of the fields they hardly struggle. USA is struggling coz they aren't the best
@@ChapWariahThe United States focuses on planes and aircraft carriers to project power around the world. Russia, Iran, North Korea and most other countries tend to focusing on missiles, rockets, and any other type of arms to counter the United States and its Western allies. Nuclear weapons is basically what protects Russia from regime change by NATO and the reason Russia can take their time dealing with Ukraine, without any third country militarily intervening.
american government is literally doing its best to force the world into a nuclear apocalypse 😢