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Lockheed Martin Successfully Tests New Scalable Effects Warhead For GMLRS Plus

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Monday, December 5th, 2011

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Nov. 30 tested a new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System-Plus (GMLRS+)'scalable effects warhead, which allows users to select the range of the warhead's detonation power depending on the target, at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. "The 'scalable effects' warhead was set to low-yield prior to the flight and scored a direct hit on the target," said Scott Arnold, vice president of precision fires in Lockheed Martin's Missiles and Fire Control business. "The performance of both the…

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