NATION : A-Sub Fires Trident 2 Successfully
The crew of the nuclear submarine Tennessee, thwarted last week by anti-nuclear protesters, launched a Trident 2 missile today in the first successful underwater test of the Navy’s newest, deadliest weapon.
The Tennessee was cruising about 50 miles off Cape Canaveral when the 44-foot Trident 2 burst to the surface, ignited and propelled a dummy warhead package far down the Atlantic tracking range.
The Navy announced several minutes after the 11 a.m. firing that the test flight was a success. A Navy statement provided no details.
The results were in sharp contrast to the Trident 2’s first submarine launch March 21 when the missile pinwheeled out of control and exploded four seconds after it was launched.
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