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Air Force/Navy Ballistic Missile Commonality Study Nearing Completion

Friday, September 18th, 2015

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Air Force/Navy Ballistic Missile Commonality Study Nearing Completion

Trident II missile being deployed. (Photo: DoD).

The overseers of the Navy’s Trident 2 D-5 program and the Air Force’s soon-to-start acquisition of the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent will by Oct. 17 brief key Defense Department brass on a now 2 1/2-month-old study examining commonalities that can be implemented across the two weapon systems, and Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) Director Vice Adm. Terry Benedict on Thursday hinted that the study could favor the most moderate of three proposed solutions. The seemingly preferred concept falls somewhere between the…

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