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Posted by on August 26, 2008, 5:18 pm
On Aug 26, 1:39 pm, "Stormin Mormon"
> Nice thing about the ICBM business. Couple of things.
> * Nobody ever comes to you and wants to replace a thermostat on a 20 year
> old ICBM cause they want to get by for another couple years.
You obviously have not worked on ICBM's. Granted the Trident has
only been deployed 18 years, but it is not going to be replaced in the
near future.
Dan
> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:55:49 -0400
> Subject: LOCKHEED MARTIN-BUILT TRIDENT II D5 MISSILE ACHIEVES 124 SUCCESSFUL
TEST LAUNCHES IN A ROW
> LOCKHEED MARTIN-BUILT TRIDENT II D5 MISSILE ACHIEVES 124 SUCCESSFUL TEST
LAUNCHES IN A ROW
> SUNNYVALE, Calif., August 26, 2008 -- The U.S. Navy conducted a successful
test launch yesterday of two Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs) built
by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). The Navy launched the unarmed missiles from the
submerged submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) in thePacific Ocean.
> The Trident II D5 missile now has achieved 124 consecutive successful test
launches since 1989 - a record unmatched by any other large ballistic missile or
space launch vehicle.
> 'In this recent test, Navy Strategic Systems Programs has again demonstrated
the reliability and credibility of the Fleet Ballistic Missile,' said Melanie A.
Sloane, vice president of Fleet Ballistic Missile programs, Lockheed Martin
Space Systems Company, the Navy's Trident missile prime contractor. 'A long
partnership combined with disciplined performance by the entire Navy and
industry team in every aspect of this critical program has made each and every
one of these 124 test launches a success.'
> The Navy launched the missiles as part of a Follow-on Commander's Evaluation
Test. The Navy conducts a continuing series of operational system evaluation
tests to assure the safety, reliability, readiness and performance of the
Trident II D5 Strategic Weapon System, as required by the Department of
Defense's National Command Authority. The tests are conducted under the testing
guidelines of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
> For the tests, operational missiles are converted into inert configurations
using test missile kits produced by Lockheed Martin that contain range safety
devices and flight telemetry instrumentation.
> First deployed in 1990, the D5 missile is currently aboard OHIO-class
submarines and British VANGUARD-class submarines. The three-stage,
solid-propellant, inertial-guided ballistic missile can travel a nominal range
of 4,000 nautical miles and carries multiple independently targeted reentry
vehicles.
> Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, Calif., is the prime
contractor and program manager for the U.S. Navy's Trident missile. Lockheed
Martin Space Systems employees, principally in California, Georgia, Florida,
Washington and Utah, support the design, development, production, test and
operation of the Trident Strategic Weapon System. Lockheed Martin Space Systems
has been the Navy's prime strategic missile contractor since the inception of
the program more than 50 years ago.
> The test also involved the Lockheed Martin-integrated Navigation Subsystem
that provides the highly-accurate and reliable navigation data required to
support today's stringent Trident Weapon System performance requirements.
Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors Undersea Systems business unit,
Mitchel Field, N.Y., has been the Navy's prime contractor for the Navigation
Subsystem aboard FBM submarines since 1955.
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