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by jvmboi 847 days ago
This was a real test. They have done this 192 times. It failed two times. The last two times. So it's not that this is inherently impossible, it's just that they can't do it anymore. I think, given the stakes, it's probably best not to just give them a pass.

Source for the number of tests: https://news.sky.com/story/trident-missile-misfired-and-cras...