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Lockheed Martin Produces First GMLRS Alternative Warhead Rocket

Monday, September 12th, 2016

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Lockheed Martin Produces First GMLRS Alternative Warhead Rocket

A GMLRS Alternative Warhead detonates at the target during a test flight at White Sands Missile Range, NM. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has produced the first Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead rocket at its Camden, Ark., facility, the company said Monday.This warhead type is meant to engage the same target set and achieve the same area-effects requirement as the older MLRS submunition warhead but without the danger of lingering unexploded ordnance.Lockheed Martin highlighted the GMLRS Alternative Warhead is compliant with international treaties banning submunitions weapons and will allow users of the MLRS system to have an…

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