rk wrote:

Here's a url for the 1967 Electronics Research Center report.

http://66.113.195.245/history/histor...224/d-4224.htm

Nice document.

Herb's earlier comment about design drivers;

The biggies for an SLBM are weight and size. Both tube volume and the
total weight of the bird have extremely hard upper limits. In
addition, the position of things like the access hatches and umbilical
connections are fixed. (This is what lead to the 3rd stage hack for
the C-4.)

In addition swappable components like a GS must be handleable within
the confines of the missile and must fit through existing acess
hatches.

D.
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