GMLRS Alternative Warhead completes test

摘要

Lockheed Martin fired four Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets armed with the new GMLRS Alternative Warhead from an M270A1 launcher at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, as a second Production Qualification Test (PQT) of the new warhead. The rockets destroyed their respective targets located approximately 17 km from the launch point. This test followed an initial successful PQT test conducted in October 2013 and a test in May of that year that saw a rocket launched from an M142 High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) wheeled launcher detonating on a target 35 km away.