Womack aboard sub as rocket flies

Womack aboard sub as rocket flies

Washington, DC, November 15, 2015 | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Third District U.S. Rep. Steve Womack took to the seas recently to witness one of the fastest rockets ever made. The Rogers Republican was aboard a submarine -- the USS Kentucky -- observing the Nov. 7 launch of an unarmed Trident II (D5) missile in a test range off the coast of Southern California.

This was the 156th such test of a Trident II (D5) missile by the U.S. Navy's Strategic Systems Programs since 1989, according to a military news release.

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