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To: Poohbah
The missiles work, but there was actually a problem with the warheads on the old posieden missles. We could have only punched a hole in the ground somewhere since testing showed that the warhead tended to not go off.
99 posted on 01/26/2004 3:48:15 PM PST by brooklin
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To: brooklin
The missiles work, but there was actually a problem with the warheads on the old posieden missles. We could have only punched a hole in the ground somewhere since testing showed that the warhead tended to not go off.

Separate issue. I'm just looking at the launch of the unarmed missile. We get 1 failure in 5 attempts, after extensive pre-launch testing and repair work.

We've test-fired exactly ONE missile with a live warhead, and that was in 1962. The missile in question was a Polaris A-1, and that missile was retired from service in 1965.

115 posted on 01/27/2004 4:45:28 AM PST by Poohbah ("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
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