Feb 6 1988
From The Space Library
A Trident 1 missile exploded 18 seconds after a training test launch from the nuclear submarine Simon Bolivar. A brief statement issued by the Navy said the first stage fired as planned but suffered a malfunction shortly after breaching the ocean surface 50 miles off Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the third failure for the Trident series of submarine-launched ballistic missiles since August. The Navy planned to conduct an investigation of the test failure. (W Post, Feb 7/88; W Times, Feb 8/88)
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