Jan 19, 2020
“The penalty for this extreme level of accuracy is tremendous complexity and cost. The AIRS has 19,000 parts. In 1989 a single accelerometer used in the AIRS (there are three) cost $300,000 and took six months to manufacture.”
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/30254/this-isnt-a-sci-fi-prop-its-a-doomsday-navigator-for-americas-biggest-cold-war-icbm
The Peacemaker missile's navigation suite featured the most precise and complex self-contained gyro system ever built. It had 19,000 individ
https://youtu.be/qPhjMHBBdbM
