#mx missile

[chromedream]

"An artist's concept of an MX missile in the launch position. The missile weighs approximately 192,000 pounds and will carry 10 warheads"

Circa 1980

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[miscpav]

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[kramlabs]

“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

This Isn't A Sci-Fi Prop, It's A Doomsday Navigator For America's Deadliest 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

[posthorn]

Internal guidance module of a Peacekeeper ICBM. Photograph by Martin Miller, 1986.

[robotcosmonaut]

Peacekeeper