Northrop Grumman fires captive motor in vertical launch system
Northrop Grumman has test-fired a missile motor in the shipboard next- generation vertical launcher system to ensure safe operation should a missile fail to be released after its motor ignites. The test - late last month at San Jose, Calif. - used the motor of a Standard Missile Block III. "The...
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