a company i used to work for made the nose camera for the guidance system... until it was replaced by CCD systems that is.
Posted on 12/08/2006 6:59:03 AM PST by MARKUSPRIME
I wonder if those Russian Trawlers still "shadow" our launches. I have seen US Choppers dropping messages on the Trawlers, asking them to change locations, so the launch could continue.
*sigh* yeah.
A 20 kt bomb blew Hiroshima of the map in 1945. How many Trident II D5s are there on an Ohio class sub?... 20?
THAT is some serious destuctive power.
BTW, what is the CEP nowadays of the Tridents. I heard 150 feet......someone told me that it is now down to less than 50 feet. Any OSINT sources out there you can steer me to?
When MARVs detonate, you hear "And it counts!" in the background.
Funny you mentioned the Polaris. My Dad managed the program at GE to build the guidance system for the missile. It was a huge accomplishment even though I was too young to know it at the time.
By my math, that is
(300/20) x 7 x 24 = 2,520 Hiroshima yields per SSBN submarine.
Serious destructive power indeed!
I would not even give out the diameter of the planet.
Fox News headlines is posting that the test failed.
lmbo! And I'm not surprised at that.
>>Circular Error Probable (CEP) reportedly as low as 0.07 NM (120 m)
I'm sure it's smaller, the question is, How much?
And I'd say that with 300-475 kilotons on tap, what's 120m among friends?
From here:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/d-5-specs.htm
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a company i used to work for made the nose camera for the guidance system... until it was replaced by CCD systems that is.
I think its 93 cep.Im not positive though.
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