[Openurmind]

“Bull Shiite. Northrop-Grunman builds and repairs”

No... The military repairs and maintains at the facilities. They are not going to give third parties access to repair and maintain nuclear missiles in sensitive launch silo installations. It would be stupid to do so.

[T.B. Yoits]

The military repairs and maintains at the facilities. They are not going to give third parties access to repair and maintain nuclear missiles in sensitive launch silo installations.

???

It's almost all done by contract, usually by the same companies that built the equipment. Most of the contractors are former military.

From basic firearms, through the most complex weapons systems, nuclear carriers, satellite systems, etc., they were all built by civilian companies. Adding maintenance to the contract is standard operating procedure.

[Hatteras]

"They are not going to give third parties access to repair and maintain nuclear missiles in sensitive launch silo installations."

I responded to the initial post after I read an article in post 4 referring to similar issues with the B2 Spirit, A Northrop-Grunman plane.

Lockheed Martin has the plans and ability and engineers with the necessary security clearance to recreate any parts for the ICBM as, I am certain, is in their initial production contract. They are not going to allow some military mechanics McGyver any parts on a nuclear missile.

[Alas Babylon!]

Retired Air Force here.

He’s not wrong.

Contractors have to have Top Secret, even code word access, but with that still do a ton of classified work the military has never had the manning for.

Much of these contractors are actually retired military.