September 28, 2010

US to destroy obsolete ICBM motors

US to destroy obsolete ICBM motors 
The US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Rocket Systems Launch program, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, plans to release a request for proposal for a programme for the disposal of old and currently unusable solid-propellant rocket motors from retired intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The disposal of these motors will create empty storage space needed for serviceable rocket motors.