SICBM
SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 53 ft
Weight: 37,000 lb
Speed: approx 15,000 mph
Range: approx 6000 mi
CEP: approx 500 ft
PROPULSION
Solid fuel rocket engines. Stage
one is from
Thiokol, stage two from Aerojet, and
stage three
from Hercules
GUIDANCE
Initially Inertial Reference Sphere
(IRS). Later
possibly ring laser gyros or stellar
inertial
WARHEAD
One W-87 warhead of 500 kt yield mounted
in a
Mk - 21 re-entry vehicle
CONTRACTOR
As of this writing the prime contractor
has yet
to be determined. Information
has it however
that Martin Marietta is in charge
of assembly
NUMBER OF MISSILES DEPLOYED
1000 SICBMs are planned to be deployed