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Failure Review Board To Investigate New JASSM Detonation Failure

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Friday, February 6th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic The Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) program resumed flight testing last week with yet another failed detonation, the Air Force has said. Testing resumed last Friday with two missiles launched at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. "One mission resulted in target impact with a high order detonation," an Air Force spokeswoman said. "The other mission resulted in target impact, but no apparent high order detonation." A series of 10 JASSM reliability assessment flight tests began in November.…

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