****-colored ones lose another launcher

Pat Flannery wrote:
On 12/29/2010 7:12 AM, David Spain wrote:
Jeff Findley wrote:
In article KPCdnWBws8XWPYvQnZ2dnUVZ_q-
hdakotatelephone, says...
That's the launcher that uses a solid-fueled core stage with four
liquid-fueled strap-ons, a fairly odd way of doing things by western
standards.

Fairly odd is an understatement.

Budget constraints?

Core stage is related to their solid-fueled nuclear missile program
developments.


Aha I see. Two birds, one stone....

Dave