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From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: INF Treaty and Pershing II's
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Date: 8 Feb 89 04:05:38 GMT
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The Pershing 2 failed many of its flight tests during
development.  I'll bet Martin Marietta is relieved to see them being 
destroyed without letting anyone have a chance to see how many of them
really work.

In one test, the missile failed because a large cast-iron ring was out of
position.  I was quite suprised to learn there were any cast-iron parts
in a missile.  After that, they X-rayed all the engines to make sure there
weren't any similar defects.