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 by Christen Mccurdy Washington (UPI) Dec 17, 2019
General Dynamics received a $300 million contract to support Trident missile systems for the United States and Britain, the Department of Defense announced Monday. The contract funds work on American and British Trident II fleet ballistic missile submarines, guided missile submarines attack control systems and support equipment rework facilities for the missile systems, according to the announcement. The Trident II D5 missile, first deployed in 1990, is a submarine-launched fleet ballistic missile. It is currently deployed aboard Ohio-class U.S. submarines and British Vanguard-class subs. The Trident missiles, which have a range of 4,000 nautical miles, were initially intended to be phased out by 2024 but went through a life-extending program to keep them operational through the 2040s. In September BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services received a $50.3 million contract for work on the submarine systems, which were tested off the California coast earlier that month as part of what the Navy described as a recurring series of tests. Work on the new contract will mostly be performed in Massachusetts, in addition to other locations in the continental United States, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 30, 2024.
Pyongyang may launch long-range missile this year Seoul (Sputnik) Dec 11, 2019 North Korea conducted two tests of a rocket engine for a presumably new type of a missile during a "very important" test on 7 December and may launch another before Christmas, the newspaper JoongAng Ilbo reported, citing a senior source in the South Korean government. "After tests of rocket engine Paektusan on 18 March 2017, the DPRK launched a missile just four days later. Early this year, Pyongyang rebuilt the Tongchang-ri rocket site [known as Sohae Satellite Launching Station in North Korea] a ... read more
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