Fancy Ass SWERVE

Arms Control Wonk

• Episode: Fancy Ass SWERVE
• Website: Arms Control Wonk
• Feed URL: http://armscontrolwonk.libsyn.com/rss
• Duration: 00:53:02
• Published: 2021-01-12 23:30

On Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time, the U.S. Air Force, in partnership with the Strategic Capabilities Office, conducted a flight test of a prototype conventionally-configured ground-launched ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. 

But just what the heck did the DOD actually test? Jeffrey and team turn their analytic methods towards figuring out exactly what this strange, Frankenmissile was, and the open-source research lessons that can be gleaned from academic papers and unclassified laboratory newsletters.

And yes, we know it is actually Frankenstein's Missile, Frankenstein was actually the prime contractor. 

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