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Pentagon pours $68.4M into nuclear missile upgrade as Draper takes helm of Trident II guidance
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $68.4 million contract to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to supply interferometric fiber optic gyros (IFOGs) and related ...
Nuclear modernisation efforts aren’t undertaken lightly—necessity is typically the driver. The nuclear world is bifurcating. Along one fork sit those favouring the nuclear ban treaty—affronted by the ...
An unarmed Trident II D5 Life Extension missile launches from an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine off the coast of Florida during a planned test event from Sept. 17-21. (U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy ...
America’s Trident D5 missiles represent a bedrock of America’s national defense—meaning that they must occasionally be tested. The Trident II D5 missile, officially designated the UGM-133A, was ...
The Trident II D5LE has an unclassified range of over 7,500 miles and can reach speeds of up to Mach 24. Last week, a Navy ballistic missile submarine tested the US military’s nuclear deterrence ...
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