Test-Firing Area Set Up for New Trident Missile
Associated Press
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. —
The Navy Friday dedicated a $30-million launching complex for the Trident 2, a new submarine-launched nuclear missile.
Unarmed Trident 2 missiles will be test-fired from the complex starting in 1987, Capt. William F. Bancroft said. The Navy plans to start loading the missiles into the submarines in 1989.
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