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2004-09-30 Home Front: Tech

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Posted by Anonymoose 2004-09-30 10:37:27 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Do these missles have a name yet?

Posted by Shipman 2004-09-30 10:01:42 AM|| 2004-09-30 10:01:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Ship-
I nominate 'Valkyrie'. VERY cool.*S*

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-09-30 10:24:26 AM|| 2004-09-30 10:24:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 It's a little complicated. The boosters are by Lockheed and Orbital Sciences. Lockheed just gives them a series of initials (PLV, etc.). OS has used names like Minotaur and Taurus for predecessors to the current boosters, but hasn't given the current one a name.

Then Raytheon, which makes the actual kill vehicle, just calls it EKV. (Because of program conditions, we say it means "Employee Kill Vehicle").

So, these jobbers are a combination of components from three equal competitors. All others like Minuteman, Nike, Titan, Harpoon, etc., were all by a single prime contractor. The difficulty is not so much the name as Who gets to name it.

It will probably stay a non-name like GMB for a while. If there is significant chance of the program being killed, then it will acquire a name in self-defense. (cf. MX-1 -> Peacekeeper, DIVAD -> Sgt. York).

Posted by jackal 2004-09-30 1:28:18 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2004-09-30 1:28:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 How about Minuteman IV?
A very serious defense indeed.

Then change the name of the PeaceKeeper to PeaceMaker so everybody gets the picture.

And I guess maybe change the name of the Trident D-4 to
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

Posted by Shipman 2004-09-30 6:05:48 PM|| 2004-09-30 6:05:48 PM|| Front Page Top

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