MELBOURNE, Fla. — The Sunday Times of London reported over the weekend that an unarmed ballistic missile launched from a British submarine last June experienced a malfunction and headed toward Florida rather than toward open waters off the coast of Africa.
All such launches by the U.S. and British navies occur off the shores of Cape Canaveral under the control of the Naval Ordnance Test Unit at Port Canaveral. The purpose of such “Demonstration and Shakedown Operations” are “to evaluate and demonstrate the readiness of a (submarine’s) strategic weapon system and crew before operational deployment following its midlife refueling overhaul,” according to the Navy.
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