Pacific Ocean: US Navy Submarine Fires 4 Ballistic Missiles
The U.S. Navy conducted ballistic missile test launches from a submarine in the Pacific Ocean this month.
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By Franz-Stefan Gady
February 23, 2017
An Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) assigned to the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Group 9 test launched a number of Trident II D5 ballistic missiles from submerged position in the Pacific Missile Range off the coast of California in February, the U.S. Navy announced in a press release.
The test launches were conducted over a three-day period from February 14 to 16 as part of a so-called Follow-on Commander’s Evaluation Test (FCET). “The primary objective of an FCET is to obtain, under operationally representative conditions, valid reliability, accuracy, and performance of the missile system for use by Commander, Strategic Command and the Joint Chiefs of Staff,” according to a U.S. Navy statement.
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