Secret Trident 2 D5 launch ？

[seruriermarshal]

Lockheed Martin-Built Trident II D5 Missile’s Reliability Record Reaches 142 Successful Test Flights
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Navy Launches Four Missiles in Tests

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 31, 2012 – The U.S. Navy conducted successful test flights April 14 and 16 of four Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs) built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]. The Navy launched two unarmed missiles each day from the submerged submarine USS Maryland (SSBN 738) in the Atlantic Ocean.

These tests marked the 139th, 140th, 141st and 142nd successful test flights of the Trident II D5 missile since design completion in 1989 – a reliability record unmatched by any other large ballistic missile or space launch vehicle.

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2012/may/0531-ss-FBM.html

Lockheed Martin-Built Trident II D5 Missile Achieves 137th Successful Test Flight

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 14, 2012 – The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test flight Feb. 22 of a Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). The Navy launched the unarmed missile from the submerged submarine USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) in the Atlantic Ocean.

This test marked the 137th successful test flight of the D5 missile since 1989 – a reliability record unmatched by any other large ballistic missile or space launch vehicle.

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2012/march/lockheed-martin-built-trident-ii-d5-missile-achieves-137th-succe.html

So where are 138th successful test flight ?

 

[Byeman]

All the launches are secret before they happen. They just didn't care to announce that one after the fact.

 

[seruriermarshal]

Then why Lockheed send news about 142 not 138 ?

 

[sferrin]

Then why Lockheed send news about 142 not 138 ?

They don't announce every one. Go try to find the press releases for 1-120.

 

[seruriermarshal]

Then why Lockheed send news about 142 not 138 ?

They don't announce every one. Go try to find the press releases for 1-120.

Lockheed has a web site when they test first Trident II D5 ?

 

[sferrin]

Then why Lockheed send news about 142 not 138 ?

They don't announce every one. Go try to find the press releases for 1-120.

Lockheed has a web site when they test first Trident II D5 ?

Do they?

 

[seruriermarshal]

Do they?

I don't know Lockheed send press releases via web site in 1989 .

 

[bobbymike]

Not saying I agree there has been a secret test but apparently there is still funds for CTM and MaRV's in the CPGS budget. A test of a CTM?

 

[seruriermarshal]

Not saying I agree there has been a secret test but apparently there is still funds for CTM and MaRV's in the CPGS budget. A test of a CTM?

Seems like they test new RV

 

[quellish]

Not saying I agree there has been a secret test but apparently there is still funds for CTM and MaRV's in the CPGS budget. A test of a CTM?

Previously, the LETB programs gave the Navy most of a conventional trident capability, but did not come from the PGS programs. LETB work piggy backed on tests like this one, and was not especially secret. Really, there isn't very much left to do as far as a conventional trident capability, which is something the Navy is often reluctant to admit.

There are other things which could be piggy backed on this test - full envelope range safety mechanisms, etc. - that have been identified as technology thrusts for PGS.