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Posted: 1/22/2017 5:30:58 PM EDT
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 5:38:28 PM EDT
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Still trying to end the Revolution I see...
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 5:39:30 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/22/2017 5:40:05 PM EDT
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Nigel Farage was saying the other day that Theresa May hasn't done shit over 6 months.
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 5:40:59 PM EDT
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Hey, we leased them from you
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You were just returning it then...
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 5:41:37 PM EDT
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Good thing it wasn't really a nuke test!
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 5:51:17 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/22/2017 5:52:01 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/22/2017 6:05:58 PM EDT
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That wasn't a misfire, it was a guidance failure.

Those are old birds now - shit happens, and is the whole point of doing periodic firings to verify the inventory.

Bet the TM feeds are being examined very, very closely and all the other missiles will be rotated in for maintenance.  Wonder how long that particular one was carried before firing?  If it was a recent load (probably was) I'd not discount the weapons station fucking something up.
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 6:13:08 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/22/2017 6:17:56 PM EDT
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What was it about Zero and the British Trident's codes...passed them off to some of his international comrades
or something to that effect?
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 6:22:30 PM EDT
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Sounds like we need to be test firing a few of ours.

Maybe we have a sub in the English Channel.
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 6:32:41 PM EDT
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The boat has just undergone a full refit Inc missiles out and serviced at Norfolk VA I believe
As part or the refit a test fire is done to make sure all is AOK
Obviously this wasn't the case
The warheads are British but the missiles are leased from you guys, so I imagine there's some major midnight oil burning going on
Anyone told the new Prez yet?
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Don't worry, we're going to make missiles great again!
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 6:40:41 PM EDT
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WTF?
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 7:02:48 PM EDT
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The warheads are British but the missiles are leased from you guys,   
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How does the lease on a missile work?

Do you lose your security deposit if you nuke someone who needs it?

It's kind of pointless to return it after you use it, not like a few scratches and a dent or two on your leased Taurus.
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 7:10:57 PM EDT
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The boat has just undergone a full refit Inc missiles out and serviced at Norfolk VA I believe
As part or the refit a test fire is done to make sure all is AOK
Obviously this wasn't the case
The warheads are British but the missiles are leased from you guys, so I imagine there's some major midnight oil burning going on
Anyone told the new Prez yet?
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Have your guy tweet our guy
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 7:16:35 PM EDT
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D5 had several spectacular test failures in the late 80s that caused a huge fire drill at Thiokol.
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 7:20:37 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/22/2017 7:21:46 PM EDT
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Random question I doubt anyone can (or should) answer:

Do test missiles have range control (safety) devices?  The warheads are obviously removed and replaced with telemetry/recorders/ballast...didn't know if they added anything else in case there was a "Whoops...this guy's heading towards Severomorsk now..." to detonate the missile.
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 7:37:05 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/22/2017 7:43:21 PM EDT
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Bollocks!
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 7:48:21 PM EDT
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Random question I doubt anyone can (or should) answer:

Do test missiles have range control (safety) devices?  The warheads are obviously removed and replaced with telemetry/recorders/ballast...didn't know if they added anything else in case there was a "Whoops...this guy's heading towards Severomorsk now..." to detonate the missile.
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Telephone call to Moscow:

"Listen guys, don't freak out."
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 7:48:50 PM EDT
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Maybe the electronics are..........Lucas
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Link Posted: 1/22/2017 7:52:02 PM EDT
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No argument here


Ps: one of my friends was on the last nuke refit and testfire 4 years ago, that went ok
You guys might owe us a missile
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Maintenance is the responsibility of the leaser, did you have the missile serviced by a factory trained mechanic or did you guys do your own shade tree tune up's?
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 7:54:18 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/22/2017 7:54:50 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/22/2017 8:10:46 PM EDT
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The boat has just undergone a full refit Inc missiles out and serviced at Norfolk VA I believe
As part or the refit a test fire is done to make sure all is AOK
Obviously this wasn't the case
The warheads are British but the missiles are leased from you guys, so I imagine there's some major midnight oil burning going on
Anyone told the new Prez yet?
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We do the same thing. The event is called a Combat Systems Ship Qualification Trial.  When the bird leaves the tube, the pass/fail for the crew is already over, and it turns in to an inventory verification for the stockpile. 

I don't think NWS Yorktown does Tridents, but I don't know for sure... 

And I sure wouldn't want to be the guy to tell Trump.  But I'd rather tell Trump than Mattis.
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 8:31:39 PM EDT
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Russians hacked it.
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 8:40:23 PM EDT
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FYI, this is why we have Triad.  
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 8:46:59 PM EDT
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WTF?
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What was it about Zero and the British Trident's codes...passed them off to some of his international comrades
or something to that effect?
WTF?



IIRC the Obama administration provided Russia with the serial numbers of the British misses we lease to them.
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 9:35:32 PM EDT
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IIRC the Obama administration provided Russia with the serial numbers of the British misses we lease to them.
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I sure don't remember this being in the news.  Is there a source?
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 9:43:16 PM EDT
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I sure don't remember this being in the news.  Is there a source?
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IIRC the Obama administration provided Russia with the serial numbers of the British misses we lease to them.

I sure don't remember this being in the news.  Is there a source?


I just remember it being on the news at the time, and of course threads here.
Link Posted: 1/22/2017 11:03:55 PM EDT
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You mofos were the last ones to give it a tune

Mind you, it makes you wonder what the Rooskies ones are like
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Maintenance is the responsibility of the leaser, did you have the missile serviced by a factory trained mechanic or did you guys do your own shade tree tune up's?

You mofos were the last ones to give it a tune

Mind you, it makes you wonder what the Rooskies ones are like


Shit happens when you party with rocket boosters. At least we're past the spontaneously exploding stages of rocket science. Mostly.
Link Posted: 1/23/2017 8:35:15 AM EDT
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Mind you, it makes you wonder what the Rooskies ones are like
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Probably something like this? 

Full HD the failed rocket launch in Sevastopol
Link Posted: 1/23/2017 8:37:56 AM EDT
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You're only gone a short while and things are falling apart.  You must return.  Duty calls.
Link Posted: 1/23/2017 8:38:13 AM EDT
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Hey, we leased them from you
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And you are correct on that...
Link Posted: 1/23/2017 8:41:11 AM EDT
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Random question I doubt anyone can (or should) answer:

Do test missiles have range control (safety) devices?  
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Yes the TM kits have range safety devices, usually det cord placed on the inside to cut the missle/bomb apart.

if you look at failed test video, most misses seem to break in half, its the small explosion going off.
Link Posted: 1/23/2017 9:08:41 AM EDT
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Oops.

At least the missile wasn't in the Aussie mode.

It sucks when the missile launches through the bottom of the sub.

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